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The character "滋" originates from the concept of water enriching the land, as evidenced by its water radical on the left, which combines with the component "兹", historically associated with growth and proliferation. Its core meaning began with the literal act of moistening, watering, or causing something to grow, such as plants nurtured by river overflow. From this tangible foundation, its application broadened to encompass the process of nurturing or fostering more abstract things, like cultivating virtue or causing affairs to flourish. Subsequently, its semantic range expanded further to describe things that are produced or arise from such fertile conditions, leading to its modern use in words denoting flavor, as in "滋味" (taste or experience), or in describing phenomena that multiply and proliferate, sometimes even negatively as in "滋事" (to cause trouble). The traditional form of the character is identical to the one shown, maintaining its water radical alongside "兹".
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这汤滋味很好。
雨水滋润了大地。
牛奶滋养身体。
潮湿环境容易滋生细菌。
骄傲会滋长失败。
他喜欢在公众场合滋事。
良好的教育能滋育人的心灵。
这种肥料能促进植物滋生新根。