需要是发明之母
Traditional: 需要是發明之母Dictionary entry
Necessity is the mother of invention (European proverb).
What does 需要是发明之母 mean?
需要是发明之母 (xū yào shì fā míng zhī mǔ) has the following dictionary meaning.
1Necessity is the mother of invention (European proverb).
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需xūto require · to need要yāo(bound form) to demand; to coerce是shìto be (followed by substantives only) · correct; right; true发fāto send out · to show (one's feeling)明MíngMing Dynasty (1368–1644) · surname Ming之zhī(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]) · him母mǔmother · elderly female relative
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