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建树

jiànshù

achievement; contribution; to accomplish

A person waters a row of tall trees they planted
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Characters in this word

建 jiàn

Strokes
8
Radical
廴 — to walk, to go
Made of
廴 to walk, to go 聿 writing brush, pencil
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

树 shù

Strokes
9
Radical
木 — tree
Made of
木 tree 对 correct, right
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 她在量子通信领域颇有建树,主持的项目多次突破关键瓶颈。 Tā zài liàngzǐ tōngxìn lǐngyù pō yǒu jiànshù, zhǔchí de xiàngmù duōcì tūpò guānjiàn píngjǐng. She has made considerable achievements in the field of quantum communications, and the projects she led have repeatedly broken through key bottlenecks.
  • 他在教育方面很有建树,学生都很尊敬他。 Tā zài jiàoyù fāngmiàn hěn yǒu jiànshù, xuésheng dōu hěn zūnjìng tā. He has made real contributions in education, and his students respect him greatly.
  • 这位年轻的医生已经在研究上有了不少建树。 Zhè wèi niánqīng de yīshēng yǐjīng zài yánjiū shàng yǒu le bù shǎo jiànshù. This young doctor has already achieved quite a lot in research.

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