朴实

pǔ shí · HSK 7

down-to-earth

🪵 朴 = plain unworked wood + 实 = solid/real, so plain-and-genuine, down-to-earth

朴 carries the wood radical 木 and points to raw, unworked timber: plain and unadorned. 实 means solid or real. Stack them and you get someone unpretentious and grounded, the opposite of flashy.

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