No. 2,793 in Chinese
孕育
"孕育" means "to nurture, gestate, or breed."
In a sentence
这片土地孕育出了许多珍贵的文化遗产。
This land has nurtured many precious cultural heritages.
In this sentence, '孕育' is used metaphorically to describe the process of fostering and developing cultural heritages.
母亲的身体孕育了新的生命。
The mother's body conceived and nurtured a new life.
Here, '孕育' is used in a literal biological sense, referring to the conception and development of a fetus within the mother's body.
一个美好的创意常常孕育于平凡的生活中。
A wonderful idea is often conceived within the ordinary aspects of life.
This usage of '孕育' symbolically represents the origination and cultivation of ideas or concepts from common experiences.
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