奏 效

zòuxiào

“To show results” in Chinese is 奏效 (zòuxiào).

Meaning

to show results; to be effective

Example

它不会奏效。

It won't work.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

zòuHSK 69 strokesto play music xiàoHSK 310 strokesto imitate (variant of 效[xiao4])

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