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The character 催 is structured with the radical 亻, denoting human involvement, and the component 崔, which primarily serves a phonetic function. Its formation indicates an original meaning related to urging or pressing by a person. Over time, the core sense of hastening or prompting has remained central, while its usage has expanded into various domains, such as催促 for urging someone,催生 for accelerating birth, and催化 for catalysis in chemistry, reflecting an application of the basic concept to both literal and figurative forms of acceleration.
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妈妈催我起床。
老师催我们交作业。
公司在催促项目进度。
春雨催生了新芽。
他不停地催我做出决定。
这种药物能催化化学反应。
为了按时完成，经理每天催我们加班。
经济压力催生了新的消费模式。