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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

萌发 [méngfā]
  1. 1. verb [指种子] sprout
  2. 2. verb [指事物] come into being

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

萌发 [méngfā]
  1. 1. [botany] sprout; shoot forth; bud; germinate
    茶树修剪后又萌发新枝。
    The tea plants sprouted new buds after the pruning.
    种子萌发会产生巨大的力量。

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

萌发 [méngfā]
  1. 1. 发芽
    春风送暖,万木萌发
  2. 2. 比喻某种思想、意念或感情开始发生。
    心中萌发出怜悯的感情。

Examples

茶树修剪后又萌发新枝。
The tea plants sprouted new buds after the pruning. 萌发
种子萌发会产生巨大的力量。 萌发
谷芽萌发后, 需要充足的雨水才能生长良好。
After the rice sprouts, it needs abundant rain water to grow well. 谷芽
萌发
春风送暖,万木萌发 萌发
心中萌发出怜悯的感情。 萌发

Collocations

种子萌发
the seed sprouts
新思想的萌发
the emergence of new thoughts
萌发一种愿望
to come up with a wish
开始萌发
to begin to bud
革命意识萌发
to start to have the awareness of the revolution

Word Decomposition


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