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发明

fā míng · fa ming

Traditional 發明

Meaning

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任(rèn)何(hé)人(rén)都(dōu)知(zhī)道(dào)贝(bèi)尔(ěr)发(fā)明(míng)了(le)电(diàn)话(huà)。

Everyone knows that Bell invented the telephone.

这(zhè)发(fā)明(míng)是(shì)多(duō)年(nián)来(lái)耐(nài)心(xīn)实(shí)验(yàn)的(de)成(chéng)果(guǒ)。

This invention was the result of years of patient experiment.

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to send out; to show (one's feeling)

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