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需要是發明之母 (seoi1 jiu3 si6 faat3 ming4 zi1 mou5) — meaning, pronunciation, examples

需要是發明之母 (seoi1 jiu3 si6 faat3 ming4 zi1 mou5, xū yào shì fā míng zhī mǔ) — Necessity is the mother of invention (European proverb).

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beyond HSK

Related words

• 需 (seoi1) — (noun) Demand
• 需求 (seoi1 kau4) — (noun) Need
• 需求層次理論 (seoi1 kau4 cang4 ci3 lei5 leon6) — (Maslow's) hierarchy of needs (psychology)
• 需要 (seoi1 jiu3) — to need; to want; to demand; to require; needs
• 垂手可得 (seoi4 sau2 ho2 dak1) — easily to get it; very easy to acquire, with no effort at all
• 歲晚 (seoi3 maan5) — end of or last few weeks of the lunar year

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