shēng zhǎng
to grow
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植物在阳光下生长。
zhíwù zài yángguāng xià shēngzhǎng.
Plants grow in the sunlight.
我生长在一个用华语沟通的家庭。
wǒ shēngzhǎng zài yī gè yòng huá yǔ gōu tōng de jiā tíng .
I grew up in a family that communicated in Mandarin.
一个人小时候的生长环境很重要。
yī gè rén xiǎo shí hòu de shēngzhǎng huán jìng hěn zhòng yào .
The environment in which a person grows up as a child is important.
生长 (shēngzhǎng)
grow
发育 (fāyù)
develop
死亡 (sǐwáng)
death
消亡 (xiāowáng)
disappear
The Chinese word 生长 (shēngzhǎng) is composed of two characters: 生 (shēng) and 长 (zhǎng). The character 生 originally meant "to give birth" or "to be born", and it is often used in the context of life and growth. The character 长 originally meant "long" or "tall", and it is often used in the context of time, space, or growth. When these two characters are combined, they form the word 生长, which means "to grow" or "to develop". This word can be used in a variety of contexts, such as describing the growth of a plant, the development of a child, or the progress of a project.
