孕育 yùnyù to be pregnant
to be pregnant; to produce offspring; to nurture (a development, school of thought, artwork etc); figuratively replete with (culture etc)
怎么记住“孕育”: 孕 pregnant + 育 nurture = to be pregnant.
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用法
- Literally 'to gestate', but mostly figurative - to nurture something into being - 孕育着希望 (yùnyù zhe xīwàng) pregnant with hope.
- A culture, movement, or crisis can 孕育 a new development, e.g. 孕育了新思想 gave rise to new ideas.
- Literary and elevated; frames a slow, generative incubation rather than an abrupt creation.