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產生

简产生 · 繁產生

Mandarin · pinyin chǎn shēng

to arise; to come into being; to come about
to give rise to; to bring into being; to bring about; to produce; to engender; to generate

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生: shēng · life, living, lifetime; birth
产: chǎn · give birth, bring forth, produce

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3–1 · chan3 sheng1

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caan2 sang1

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verb

(transitive, intransitive) to produce; to engender; to come into being; to form; to exert; to generate

noun

(physics, Mainland China) creation

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