"Inspiration" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 灵感 | líng gǎn | inspiration / insight / a burst of creativity in scientific or artistic endeavor |  |
| 发想 | fā xiǎng | to come up with an idea / generation of ideas / inspiration | |
| 灵机一动 | líng jī yī dòng | a bright idea suddenly occurs (idiom) / to hit upon an inspiration / to be struck by a brainwave |  |
| 仿生 | fǎng shēng | to design an artificial system, taking inspiration from a living organism / bionic / biomimetic | |
| 灵机 | líng jī | sudden inspiration / bright idea / clever trick | |
| 情急智生 | qíng jí zhì shēng | inspiration in a moment of desperation (idiom) / also written 情急之下 | |
| 天才出自勤奋 | tiān cái chū zì qín fèn | genius comes from hard effort / Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration (Thomas Edison) | |
| 兴会 | xìng huì | sudden inspiration / flash of insight / brainwave | |
