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Scientific research in Chinese

scientific research (short for 科学研究) · HSK 5

科研 kē yán

  1. 科 kē branch of study
  2. 研 yán to research

她在大学里做科研工作。 She does scientific research at a university.

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Scientific research in Chinese is 科研 (kē yán).

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