生长

Meaning(verb, verbal noun)

to grow; to grow up; to be brought up

Examples

• 这种植物生长得很快。

  zhè zhǒng zhí wù shēng zhǎng dé hěn kuài.

  This plant grows very fast.

• 我生长在一个小城市。

  wǒ shēng zhǎng zài yí gè xiǎo chéng shì.

  I grew up in a small city.

• 阳光对植物生长很重要。

  yáng guāng duì zhí wù shēng zhǎng hěn zhòng yào.

  Sunlight is important for plant growth.

Easily confused

• 成长 — 成长 is maturing (people, personally); 生长 is biological growth or where one was raised.

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