发明 (發明) fāmíng

1. fāmíng verb to invent
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Technology
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '發明'; Guoyu '發明' 1)
2. fāmíng noun an invention
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Technology
   Notes: (Guoyu '發明' 3)
3. fāmíng noun novel creativity
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '發明' 2)
4. fā míng phrase sharpen
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Collocation: from the poem 風賦 “The Man-Wind and the Woman-Wind” by 宋玉 Song Yu 298-263 BCE in Scroll 13 of 文選 Wen Xuan (Waley 1919, p. 42)

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• 发明家(發明家) inventor
• 需要是发明之母(需要是發明之母) Necessity is the mother of invention (European proverb).
• 发明创造(發明創造) to invent and innovate; inventions and innovations
• 发明者(發明者) inventor
• 发明人(發明人) inventor
• 发明耳目(發明耳目) sharpens sight and hearing

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四大发明

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 卷九十六 志第七十二 藝文一 Volume 96 Treatises 72: Arts and Literature 1 History of Ming 明史 — count: 3
• 卷三十六 楚元王傳 Volume 36: Prince Yuan of Chu --- Liu Xiang and Liu Xin Book of Han 漢書 — count: 3
• 卷五十四 列傳第二十四 陸機 陸雲 Volume 54 Biographies 24: Lu Ji Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 2
• 卷十四 志第四 禮一 Volume 14 Treatises 4: Rituals 1 Book of Song 宋書 — count: 2
• 卷五十五 雜傳第四十三: 劉昫 盧文紀 馬胤孫 姚顗 劉岳 馬縞 崔居儉 崔梲 李懌 Volume 55 Miscellaneous Biographies 35: Liu Xu, Lu Wenji, Ma Yinxun, Yao Yi, Liu Yue, Ma Gao, Cui Jujian, Cui Zhuo, Li Yi New History of the Five Dynasties 新五代史 — count: 2
• 卷三十一 志第七 曆一 Volume 31 Treatises 7: Calendar 1 History of Ming 明史 — count: 2
• 卷四百二十七 列傳第一百八十六 道學一 周敦頤 程顥 程頤 張載弟:戩 邵雍 Volume 427 Biographies 186: Taoist Scholars 1 - Zhou Dunyi, Cheng Hao, Cheng Yi, Zhang Zai and younger brother: Jian, Shao Yong History of Song 宋史 — count: 2
• 《告子章句上》 Commentary on Gaozi I Commentaries on the Four Books by Zhu Xi 朱熹四書章句集注 — count: 2
• 卷二百八十二 列傳第一百七十 儒林一 Volume 282 Biographies 170: Confucian Scholars 1 History of Ming 明史 — count: 2
• 卷八十二　列傳第七十:　　儒林下 Volume 82 Biographies 70: Confucian Scholars 2 History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 2

Collocations

• 发明诏 (發明詔) 宜發明詔 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷三十六 楚元王傳 Volume 36: Prince Yuan of Chu --- Liu Xiang and Liu Xin — count: 40
• 能发明 (能發明) 口弗能發明也 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷五十八 公孫弘卜式兒寬傳 Volume 58: Gongsun Hong, Bu Shi and Er Kuan — count: 5
• 宜发明 (宜發明) 宜發明詔 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷三十六 楚元王傳 Volume 36: Prince Yuan of Chu --- Liu Xiang and Liu Xin — count: 5
• 其所发明 (其所發明) 其所發明 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷三十六 鄭范陳賈張列傳 Volume 36: Biographies of Zheng, Fan, Chen, Jia, Zhang — count: 4
• 亲发明 (親發明) 先帝親發明詔 — Book of Wei 魏書, 卷7上 高祖紀上 Volume 7a Annals: Gaozu 1 (Emperor Xiaowen) — count: 4
• 未能发明 (未能發明) 知時人未能發明其事 — Book of Wei 魏書, 卷67 崔光 Volume 67: Cui Guang — count: 3
• 发明令 (發明令) 愚以宜發明令 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷五十四 列傳第二十四 陸機 陸雲 Volume 54 Biographies 24: Lu Ji — count: 3
• 猥发明 (猥發明) 猥發明詔 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷四十四 列傳第十四 鄭袤 李胤 盧欽 華表 石鑒 溫羨 Volume 44 Biographies 14: Zheng Mao; Li Yin; Lu Qin; Hua Biao; Shi Jian; Wen Xian — count: 3
• 发明其事 (發明其事) 知時人未能發明其事 — Book of Wei 魏書, 卷67 崔光 Volume 67: Cui Guang — count: 3
• 发明先 (發明先) 發明先儒之所未及 — History of Song 宋史, 卷四百三十四 列傳第一百九十三 儒林四 劉子翬 呂祖謙 蔡元定子:沉 陸九齡兄:九韶 陸九淵 薛季宣 陳傅良 葉適 戴溪 蔡幼學 楊泰之 Volume 434 Biographies 193: Confucian Scholars 4 - Liu Zihui, Lu Zuqian, Cai Yuandingzi:chen, Lu Jiulingxiong:jiushao, Lu Jiuyuan, Xue Jixuan, Chen Fuliang, Ye Shi, Dai Xi, Cai Youxue, Yang Taizhi — count: 2