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HSK
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
origin / to originate / to come from
HSK 7-9
nonrenewable resource
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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *源* | 源* | *源
root / source / origin
renewable energy source
water source / water supply / headwaters of a river
HSK 7-9
light source
land resources
energy sources; energy
HSK 7-9
origin / root (cause)
HSK 7-9
origin of mankind
etymology (of a non-Chinese word) / origin of a character
Minute Maid
source of an infection
web feed / news feed / syndicated feed
homology (biology) / a common origin
Fuyuan county in Qujing 曲靖, Yunnan
heat source
origin / source / relationship
HSK 7-9
nuclear power
source
renewable resource
exogenous
source of customers
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 track sth to its roots
to investigate the origin of sth / to trace a river upstream back to its source
to rise / to originate / source / derivation
radiation source
to share the same origins; to have common roots
to pursue sth back to its origins / to trace back to the source / to get to the bottom of sth
cause of disease
renewable resource
mineral resources
supply of goods
to establish additional sources of revenue / (computing) open-source (abbr. for 開放源碼|开放源码)
the Peach Blossom Spring, a hidden land of peace and prosperity / utopia
human resources
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
Wei Yuan (1794-1857), Qing dynasty thinker, historian and scholar
manpower resources (for military service) / sources of troops
hydroelectric power
Go Seigen (1914-2014), Go player
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)
hydrogen energy (energy derived from using hydrogen as a fuel)
lit. food and medicine come from the same source (idiom) / fig. there is no clear-cut distinction between food and medicine
Menyuan Hui Autonomous County in Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 海北藏族自治州, Qinghai
(computing) closed-source
origin of a name
Yiyuan county in Zibo 淄博, Shandong
Origin of Dharma (in Buddhism) / source of the law
(Tw) power bank
Charles Darwin's "On the Origin of Species"
natural resource
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
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 trace sth back to its origin
Jingyuan county in Guyuan 固原, Ningxia
Hunyuan county in Datong 大同, Shanxi
Hanyuan county in Ya'an 雅安, Sichuan
etymology / origin of a word
power bank; portable charger
etymology
financial resources / source of revenue
geothermal resources
Huangyuan county in Xining 西寧|西宁, Qinghai
neutron source
the root of all evil
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

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