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胞 is a phono-semantic compound with the radical 月 (flesh) on the left, indicating an anatomical connection, and 包 on the right, providing the pronunciation and the idea of enclosing. Its original meaning referred to the placenta or fetal membrane. This link to shared biological origins led to its use for siblings, and later it was adopted in modern science to mean biological cell.
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我们大家都是同胞。
人体由无数细胞组成。
这些细胞需要营养。
同胞之间应该互相帮助。
科学家研究细胞结构。
他的胞弟在北京工作。
细胞分裂是生长的基础。
全球同胞应共同保护环境。