When the lotus flowers, its ovule, cupule and shape are beginning to form but are not fully mature. This entomophilous flower requires insects to gather pollen in order for its fruit to ripen, and thus to say that it flowers while bearing fruit is not strictly accurate.
蓮花開時，胚珠，即蓮蓬，形態雖約略初具，其實尚未發育成果實，這朵蟲媒花還須媒人幫助受粉，才得以成熟為蓮子，因此說它華實齊生，不盡然正確。