需要是发明之母

xū yào shì fā míng zhī mǔ

释义

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

需要是发明之母 的构成词

• 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