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Free Chinese learning materials for you! This series uncovers idioms and proverbs, rich in meaning. Let’s break down 「收因種果」 and its usage.

Here, we present the idiom 「收因種果」. Below, you’ll find its explanation and examples of usage.

It means to finish the previous relationship and get the result. The old theory of cause and effect means that if there is a cause, there must be a corresponding consequence. Same as “cause and result”.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

shōu yīn zhǒng guǒ

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

sau1 yan1 jung2 go2

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