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襁褓

qiǎngbǎo
noun #34,179

Meanings

  1. 1 swaddling clothes
  2. 2 (figurative) infancy, earliest stage of development

Characters

襁
qiǎng
swaddling band
褓
bǎo
swaddling cloth

Examples

婴儿被包在襁褓中。
Yīng'ér bèi bāo zài qiǎngbǎo zhōng.
The infant was wrapped in swaddling clothes.
这家公司还在襁褓之中。
Zhèjiā gōngsī hái zài qiǎngbǎo zhīzhōng.
This company is still in its infancy.

Tips

usage
襁褓 literally means swaddling cloths but is most often used figuratively in 还在襁褓中 / 襁褓之中 ('still in swaddling clothes' = in its infancy) for nascent companies, projects, or movements.

Stroke Order

襁 qiǎng
褓 bǎo

Related Words

襁 qiǎng
(in 襁褓) swaddling cloth for carrying a baby
褓 bǎo
(in 襁褓) cloth or quilt for wrapping an infant
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襁褓 qiǎngbǎo
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