Monday, November 17, 2014

开心果 (Pistachio)

Artwork: BUGbeesama

开心果
kāi xīn guǒ
Pistachio

Meaning: You can describe someone as 开心果 (kāi xīn guǒ) – pistachio and it means she (he) is a very happy, high mood person who makes other people happy.
The reason is that in Chinese, pistachio is 开心果 (kāi xīn guǒ).
开心 (kāi xīn) is to be happy and 果 (guǒ) implies the nut. So quite literally works as referring to someone as a happy nut. Also interesting that 开心 kāi xīn is close to 开 (kāi) open/start your 心 (xīn) heart.

麦克白夫人的心血结晶
(Da un’idea di Lady Macbeth)

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