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source (of information etc) / origin
HSK 4
electric power source
HSK 4
natural resource (such as water or minerals) / resource (such as manpower or tourism)
HSK 4
radiation source
the root of all evil
origin / to originate / to come from
HSK 7-9
Charles Darwin's "On the Origin of Species"
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *源* | 源* | *源
root / source / origin
renewable energy source
human resources
water source / water supply / headwaters of a river
HSK 7-9
hydrogen energy (energy derived from using hydrogen as a fuel)
light source
etymology / origin of a word
source of an infection
energy sources; energy
HSK 7-9
origin of mankind
heat source
origin / root (cause)
HSK 7-9
origin / source / relationship
HSK 7-9
etymology (of a non-Chinese word) / origin of a character
Minute Maid
renewable resource
land resources
homology (biology) / a common origin
Fuyuan county in Qujing 曲靖, Yunnan
nuclear power
financial resources / source of revenue
exogenous
source of customers
to track sth to its roots
stressor
to investigate the origin of sth / to trace a river upstream back to its source
renewable resource
to share the same origins; to have common roots
lit. food and medicine come from the same source (idiom) / fig. there is no clear-cut distinction between food and medicine
lit. when you drink water, think of its source (idiom); gratitude for blessings and their well-spring / Don't forget where your happiness come from. / Be grateful for all your blessings!
to rise / to originate / source / derivation
to pursue sth back to its origins / to trace back to the source / to get to the bottom of sth
web feed / news feed / syndicated feed
cause of disease
the Peach Blossom Spring, a hidden land of peace and prosperity / utopia
mineral resources
(Tw) power bank
lit. to strike water right and left (idiom) / fig. to turn everything into gold / to have everything going one's way / to benefit from both sides
to go back to the source
river source
supply of goods
power bank; portable charger
to establish additional sources of revenue / (computing) open-source (abbr. for 開放源碼|开放源码)
Wei Yuan (1794-1857), Qing dynasty thinker, historian and scholar
nonrenewable resource
manpower resources (for military service) / sources of troops
hydroelectric power
radiation source
Wulingyuan scenic area, in Zhangjiajie city 張家界市|张家界市, Hunan
springhead / fountainhead / (fig.) source
to trace something to its source (idiom)
geothermal resources
source
Hunyuan county in Datong 大同, Shanxi
Go Seigen (1914-2014), Go player
origin of a name
Yiyuan county in Zibo 淄博, Shandong
Origin of Dharma (in Buddhism) / source of the law
Jingyuan county in Guyuan 固原, Ningxia
(computing) closed-source
Sanjiangyuan National Nature Reserve, high plateau region of Qinghai containing the headwaters of Changjiang or Yangtze, Huanghe or Yellow River and Lancang or Mekong River
etymology
to trace sth back to its origin
Hanyuan county in Ya'an 雅安, Sichuan
Jiyuan directly administered city in Henan
Jinyuan district of Taiyuan city 太原市, Shanxi
Huangyuan county in Xining 西寧|西宁, Qinghai
neutron source
natural resource
epicenter (of earthquake) / hypocenter
Xinyuan County or Künes nahiyisi in Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture 伊犁哈薩克自治州|伊犁哈萨克自治州, Xinjiang
supply of students / source of students

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