To achieve positive results after effort, often after a period of development.
原指经播种耕耘后有了收获。现比喻工作有进展，并取得了成果。
宋·释普济《五灯会元》卷五十开花结果自馨香。”
After years of research, his hard work finally bloomed and bore fruit.
Learn the next connected idiom: 开花结果 (kāi huā jiē guǒ) → 果不其然 (guǒ bù qí rán)
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