培育

péiyū · HSK 4

to train; to breed

🌱 培 (cultivate soil) + 育 (raise/nurture) = cultivate and raise

培 has the earth radical 土 and means to bank up soil around roots; 育 depicts nurturing a child and means to raise. Together the compound covers cultivating plants, breeding animals, and fostering people or talent.

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