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需要是发明之母
xūyàoshìfāmíngzhīmǔ
Traditional: 需要是發明之母
Necessity is the mother of invention (European proverb).
Character Breakdown
需
xū
to need, to require; must
HSK 3
要
yào
essential, necessary; to ask for; to coerce; to demand
HSK 2
是
shì
to be; indeed, right, yes; okay
HSK 1
发
fā
to issue, to dispatch, to send out; hair
HSK 3
明
míng
bright, clear; to explain, to understand, to shed light
HSK 1
之
zhī
marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to
HSK 4
母
mǔ
mother; female elders; female
HSK 4
Additional Information
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Chinese
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