Necessity is the mother of invention (European proverb).
trad. 需要是發明之母
Also written 需要是發明之母【xū yào shì fā míng zhī mǔ】
Characters in this word
7需
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to require, to need, to want, necessity, need
- Pinyin
- xū
- Strokes
- 14
- Frequency
- 2668 of 2500
要
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(bound form) to demand; to coerce
- Pinyin
- yāo
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 24 of 2500
是
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to be (followed by substantives only), correct; right; true, (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well, (adverb for emphatic assertion)
- Pinyin
- shì
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 5 of 2500
发
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to send out, to show (one's feeling), to issue, to develop, to make a bundle of money, classifier for gunshots (rounds)
- Pinyin
- fā
- Traditional
- 發
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 2017 of 2500
明
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Ming Dynasty (1368–1644), surname Ming, Ming (c. 2000 BC), fourth of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God
- Pinyin
- Míng
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 4563 of 2500
之
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(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]), him, her, it
- Pinyin
- zhī
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 475 of 2500
母
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mother, elderly female relative, origin, source, (of animals) female
- Pinyin
- mǔ
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 10584 of 2500