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需要是发明之母

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xū yào shì fā míng zhī mǔ

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  1. 1. Necessity is the mother of invention (European proverb).

Child Words of 需要是发明之母

之
zhī

(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de])

是
shì

to be (followed by substantives only)

母
mǔ

mother

发
fā

to send out

发明
fā míng

to invent

要
yāo

(bound form) to demand; to coerce

要
yào

to want; to need; to ask for

要是
yào shi

(coll.) if

需
xū

to require

需要
xū yào

to need; to want; to demand; to require

发
fà

hair

明
míng

bright

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