1. verb to go upstream; to go against current
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Unihan '溯')
  2. adverb formerly
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Unihan '溯')

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  • 逆流溯源 to go back to the source
  • 追本溯源 to trace something back to its origin
  • 追溯 to go upstream; to trace something back to; to date from
  • 沿流溯源 to trace a stream to find the source
  • 推溯 to trace back to
  • 回溯 to recall; to look back upon
  • 推本溯源 to go back to the source
  • 不溯既往 let bygones be bygones
  • 追根溯源 to pursue sth back to its origins; to trace back to the source; to get to the bottom of sth
  • 溯源 to investigate the origin of something; to trace a river upstream back to its source

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