Chinese Notes

源 yuán

yuán noun source [of a river]; origin
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: For example, 源远流长 'source is distant and the flow is long' (CCI p. 23; Guoyu '源' n 1; Kroll 2015 '源' 1, p. 576; Unihan '源')
yuán verb to follow to the source
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '源' 1b, p. 576)
yuán noun root
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 根本 (Guoyu '源' n 2)
yuán proper noun Yuan
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (Guoyu '源' n 3; Unihan '源')

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财源滚滚(財源滾滾) profits pouring in from all sides; raking in money; bonanza
源远流长(源遠流長) source is distant and the flow is long; goes back to the distant past
源泉 well-spring; water source
热源(熱源) a heat source
单源论(單源論) theory of single origin (of mankind)
人力资源(人力資源) human resources
同源 a common origin ; homology
震源 epicenter (of earthquake); hypocenter
饮水思源(飲水思源) gratitude for blessings and their source
名源动词(名源動詞) denominal verb
清洁能源(清潔能源) clean energy
辞源(辭源) Ci Yuan
财源(財源) financial resources; source of revenue
本源 origin; source ; the source of a river
消息来源(消息來源) web feed; news feed; syndicated feed
药食同源(藥食同源) food and medicine come from the same source
水资源(水資源) water resources
电源线(電源線) power cable
深源地震 deep earthquake (with epicenter more than 300 km deep)
外源 exogenous
源源 continuous
非洲单源说(非洲單源說) single origin out of Africa (current mainstream theory of human evolution)
来源批判学(來源批判學) source criticism
统一资源(統一資源) unified resource
异源多倍体(異源多倍體) allopolyploid (polyploid with chromosomes of different species)
源于(源於) to has its origins in
贪婪是万恶之源(貪婪是萬惡之源) Greed is the root of all evil.
一次能源 primary energy
自然资源(自然資源) natural resource

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Collocations

子源 (子源) 臧洪字子源 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷五十八虞傅蓋臧列傳 Volume 58: Biographies of Yu, Fu, Gai, Zang — count: 7
乱源 (亂源) 以為亂源 — Garden of Stories 說苑, 卷十七雜言 Chapter 17: Open Discussion — count: 5
川源 (川源) 其川源塞 — Garden of Stories 說苑, 卷十八辨物 Chapter 18: Distinguishes Things — count: 4
塞源 (塞源) 除惡塞源 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷三十志第二十刑法 Volume 30 Treatises 20: Punishment and Law — count: 4
巨源 (巨源) 字巨源 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷四十三列傳第十三山濤王戎郭舒樂廣 Volume 43 Biographies 13: Shan Tao; Wang Rong; Guo Shu; Yue Guang — count: 3
源水 (源水) 如源水之就下 — Guanzi 管子, 揆度第七十八 Chapter 78: Examining Standards — count: 3
异源 (異源) 百川異源而皆歸於海 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷十三　氾論訓 Chapter 13: Overflowing Discussions — count: 3
后宫源 (後宮源) 後宮源典治職 — Book of Song 宋書, 卷四十一列傳第一后妃 Volume 41 Biographies 1: Emperesses and Consorts — count: 3
源典 (源典) 後宮源典治職 — Book of Song 宋書, 卷四十一列傳第一后妃 Volume 41 Biographies 1: Emperesses and Consorts — count: 3
阳源 (陽源) 吾猶自知袁陽源輩當平此不 — Book of Song 宋書, 卷六十二列傳第二十二羊欣張敷王微 Volume 62 Biographies 22: Yang Xin, Zhang Fu, Wang Wei — count: 3