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natural resource (such as water or minerals) / resource (such as manpower or tourism)
HSK 4
source (of information etc) / origin
HSK 4
electric power source
HSK 4
energy sources; energy
HSK 7-9
water source / water supply / headwaters of a river
HSK 7-9
origin / root (cause)
HSK 7-9
origin / to originate / to come from
HSK 7-9
origin / source / relationship
HSK 7-9
Ziyuan county in Guilin 桂林, Guangxi
to trace something to its source (idiom)
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  *源* | 源* | *源
root / source / origin
to go back to the source
Huangyuan county in Xining 西寧|西宁, Qinghai
Weiyuan county in Dingxi 定西, Gansu
to establish additional sources of revenue / (computing) open-source (abbr. for 開放源碼|开放源码)
to investigate the origin of sth / to trace a river upstream back to its source
supply of students / source of students
Jiangyuan district in Baishan city 白山市, Jilin
river source
Fuyuan county in Qujing 曲靖, Yunnan
Qinyuan County in Changzhi 長治|长治, Shanxi
light source
Wuyuan county in Shangrao 上饒|上饶, Jiangxi
heat source
Hanyuan county in Ya'an 雅安, Sichuan
Taoyuan county in Changde 常德, Hunan / Taoyuan township in Kaohsiung county 高雄縣|高雄县, southwest Taiwan
Jinyuan district of Taiyuan city 太原市, Shanxi
to rise / to originate / source / derivation
Wengyuan County in Shaoguan 韶關|韶关, Guangdong
Jiyuan directly administered city in Henan
springhead / fountainhead / (fig.) source
Wanyuan, county-level city in Dazhou 達州|达州, Sichuan
Dongyuan county in Heyuan 河源, Guangdong
Luoyuan, a county in Fuzhou City 福州市, Fujian
Guyuan county in Zhangjiakou 張家口|张家口, Hebei
Anyuan district of Pingxiang city 萍鄉市|萍乡市, Jiangxi
Wulingyuan scenic area, in Zhangjiajie city 張家界市|张家界市, Hunan
Menyuan Hui Autonomous County in Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 海北藏族自治州, Qinghai
epicenter (of earthquake) / hypocenter
origin / source
source of customers
Zhaoyuan county in Daqing 大慶|大庆, Heilongjiang
Laiyuan county in Baoding 保定, Hebei
Jingyuan county in Guyuan 固原, Ningxia
etymology / origin of a word
supply of goods
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
financial resources / source of revenue
Hunyuan county in Datong 大同, Shanxi
cause of disease
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!
renewable energy source
manpower resources (for military service) / sources of troops
to trace sth back to its origin
source
Yiyuan county in Zibo 淄博, Shandong
the Peach Blossom Spring, a hidden land of peace and prosperity / utopia
homology (biology) / a common origin
Origin of Dharma (in Buddhism) / source of the law
etymology (of a non-Chinese word) / origin of a character
the root of all evil
Wei Yuan (1794-1857), Qing dynasty thinker, historian and scholar
Charles Darwin's "On the Origin of Species"
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
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
mineral resources
origin of mankind
Minute Maid
Go Seigen (1914-2014), Go player
geothermal resources
hydrogen energy (energy derived from using hydrogen as a fuel)
renewable resource
source of an infection
to share the same origins; to have common roots
neutron source
renewable resource
origin of a name
radiation source
to go back to the source
nuclear power
natural resource
lit. food and medicine come from the same source (idiom) / fig. there is no clear-cut distinction between food and medicine
nonrenewable resource
human resources
land resources
exogenous
sealed radiation source
stressor
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
hydroelectric power

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