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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光源 light source
溯源 to investigate the origin of something; to trace a river upstream back to its source
传染源(傳染源) source of an infection
非洲单源说(非洲單源說) single origin out of Africa (current mainstream theory of human evolution)
财源滚滚(財源滾滾) profits pouring in from all sides; raking in money; bonanza
自然资源(自然資源) natural resource
饮流怀源(飲流懷源) when you drink water, think of its source; gratitude for blessings and their well-spring; Don't forget where your happiness come from.
货源(貨源) supply of goods
密封辐射源(密封輻射源) sealed radiation source
文化资源(文化資源) cultural resource
追根求源 to track something to its roots
药食同源(藥食同源) food and medicine come from the same source
统一资源定位(統一資源定位) universal resource locator (URL), i.e. webaddress
能源审计(能源審計) energy audit
江源 river source
贪婪是万恶之源(貪婪是萬惡之源) Greed is the root of all evil.
源点地址(源點地址) source address
共同起源 common descent
家学渊源(家學淵源) the source of an academic tradition
根源 origin ; foundation; root; basis ; to trace to the source ; reason; cause
源氏物语(源氏物語) The Tale of Genji; Genji Monogatari
二次能源 secondary energy
吴清源(吳清源) Go Seigen
源源不绝(源源不絕) an unending stream
兵源 manpower resources (for military service); sources of troops
究其根源 to trace something to its source
人类起源(人類起源) origin of mankind

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卷四十三志第十九地理四 Volume 43 Treatises 19: Geography 4 History of Ming 明史 — count: 36
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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
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
川源 (川源) 其川源塞 — Garden of Stories 說苑, 卷十八辨物 Chapter 18: Distinguishes Things — count: 4
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
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
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
深源 (深源) 深源之下 — Guanzi 管子, 禁藏第五十三 Chapter 53: Jin Cang — count: 3
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
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