繁殖

fánzhí · HSK 6

breed

🐇 繁 = many/complex + 殖 = grow/multiply; together: multiply in great numbers

繁 carries the sense of abundant or numerous, and 殖 means to grow or propagate. Combined, 繁殖 names the act of multiplying offspring — breeding and reproducing to swell the population.

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