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What does 发明 mean?

猫头鹰māotóuyīngowl

发明 fāmíng

invention; to invent

Its characters

  1. 发 fā to vent
  2. 明 míng bright

In a sentence

你知道是谁发明了电话吗? Do you know who invented the telephone?

那么,饺子是谁发明的?

From 饺子为什么像元宝? · Why do Chinese dumplings look like gold ingots?

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