硕果仅存

碩果僅存
shuòguǒ-jǐncún
idiom

Meanings

  1. 1 the sole survivor of its kind
  2. 2 the last great one remaining

Examples

HSK 6
Tā shì nà yīdài dàshī zhōng shuòguǒ-jǐncún de yī wèi.
He is the last remaining master of that generation.
HSK 7-9
Zhèjiā lǎozìhào shì běndì shuòguǒ-jǐncún de chuántǒng cháguǎn.
This old shop is the only traditional teahouse left in the area.

Tips

history
From 《易经·剥卦》: 硕果不食 ('a great fruit uneaten'). The image is of a single large fruit still on the tree after all others have fallen - used for eminent elders or rare surviving institutions.

Stroke Order

shuò
guǒ
jǐn
cún