No. 4,864 in Chinese
衍生
"衍生" means "to derive" or "to give rise to."
In a sentence
这个问题衍生出许多新的挑战。
This problem has led to many new challenges.
In this sentence, '衍生' means 'to give rise to' or 'to lead to'. It is used to describe how a certain problem causes new challenges to originate.
衍生的产品在市场上非常受欢迎。
Derivative products are very popular in the market.
Here, '衍生' takes the form '衍生的', meaning 'derivative'. It describes products that are derived from an original source.
所有思想都可以衍生出无数可能性。
All ideas can generate countless possibilities.
In this sentence, '衍生出' means 'to generate' or 'to originate'. It is used to express the conceptual ability of ideas to produce new possibilities.
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