孕育

Chinese HSK 7-9 Vocabulary Chinese ★★ 2/5 formal yùn yù
拼音 yùn yù
汉字拆解 孕 = 乃 + 子 (conceive); 育 = 亠 + 月 + 肉 (to nurture/raise)

含义

To nurture; to give birth to; to breed. To foster the development of something new, whether life, ideas, or civilizations.

Used both literally (nurturing a fetus) and figuratively (a culture nurturing talent, a period nurturing change). Common in formal and literary writing to describe the genesis of something significant.

例句

  1. 这片肥沃的土地孕育了无数代勤劳的农民和丰收的喜悦。
  2. 长期的积累与探索孕育了这一划时代的科学发现。
  3. 家庭的温暖与支持孕育了她坚韧乐观的性格。

用法指南

语境: culture, science, literature

语气: elevated

正确说法

  • 改革开放的时代孕育了中国新一代的企业家。(The era of reform and opening-up nurtured a new generation of Chinese entrepreneurs.)
  • 古老的黄河文明孕育了中华民族独特的文化传统。(The ancient Yellow River civilization nurtured the unique cultural traditions of the Chinese nation.)

错误说法

  • 孕育了一个孩子 in casual speech — 怀了一个孩子 or 生了一个孩子 is more natural; 孕育 sounds overly literary for simple pregnancy

起源与历史

孕 (pregnant/conceive) + 育 (to nurture/raise)

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal

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