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需要是发明之母

xū yào shì fā míng zhī mǔ

7-character word Traditional 需要是發明之母

What 需要是发明之母 means

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

The characters in 需要是发明之母

• 需xūto require; to need; to want
• 要yàoto want; to need; to ask for; will; shall; about to; need to; should
• 是shìto be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true…
• 发fāto send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue
• 明míngbright; opposite: dark 暗; (of meaning) clear
• 之zhī(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的; him; her
• 母mǔmother; elderly female relative; origin

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