nourish; nurture; cultivate
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Meanings
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to nourish; to nurture; to foster growth; to cultivate and educate
literaryLiterary and formal term describing the nurturing process of nature, culture, or education on living things or people. Often implies a transformative, civilizing influence.
Yáng阳
guāng光
yǔ雨
lù露
，
huà化
yù育
wàn万
wù物
。
Sunlight and rain nurture all living things.
Lǎo老
shī师
de的
zhí职
zé责
shì是
huà化
yù育
yīng英
cái才
。
A teacher's duty is to cultivate talented individuals.
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Zhè这
piàn片
tǔ土
dì地
huà化
yù育
le了
fēng丰
fù富
de的
shēng生
wù物
duō多
yàng样
xìng性
。
This land has fostered abundant biodiversity.
Zhōng中
huá华
wén文
huà化
huà化
yù育
le了
yī一
dài代
yòu又
yī一
dài代
de的
zhōng中
guó国
rén人
。
Chinese culture has cultivated generations upon generations of Chinese people.