进化
jìnhuà
to evolve; evolution
Part of speech · verb / noun
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進advance
化change
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Examples
- 生物经过漫长的进化才有了今天的样子。Living things took their present form through long evolution.
- 科技在不断进化。Technology is constantly evolving.
Collocations
不断进化进化论生物进化进化过程
Mnemonic
进 jìn "to advance" + 化 huà "to transform": to change by advancing, i.e. to evolve. 进化论 = the theory of evolution. Antonym: 退化 (tuìhuà, to degenerate). Distinguish 进化 (evolution) from 变化 (biànhuà, general change).
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进步发展退化变化
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