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科普

Mandarin · pinyin kē pǔ

popularization of science (abbr. for 科學普及 kē xué pǔ jí)
(attributive) popular science
(coll.) to explain in layperson's terms

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科: kē · section, department, science
普: pǔ · universal, general, widespread

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verb

to popularise science
(neologism, slang, by extension) to explain in simple terms to someone unfamiliar with it; to help someone understand something; to fill someone in (on)

noun

popular science

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