需要是发明之母 xū yào shì fā míng zhī mǔ

Necessity is the mother of invention (European proverb).

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. Necessity is the mother of invention (European proverb).

Characters

Character Meaning
需 xū HSK 3
to need; need; to require
要 yào HSK 2
to want; going to (as future auxiliary); must
是 shì HSK 1
to be; is; are
发 fā HSK 3
to send out; to issue; to develop
明 míng HSK 1
bright; (of meaning) clear; to understand
之 zhī HSK 4
(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的de); it
母 mǔ HSK 4
mother; (of animals) female; origin