本能
běnnéng
nounHSK 7-9
“Instinct” in Chinese is 本能 (běnnéng).
Meaning
- instinct
Example
大多数动物都有保护幼仔的本能。
Most animals have an instinct to protect their young.
Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).
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