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natural resource (such as water or minerals) / resource (such as manpower or tourism)
HSK 4
electric power source
HSK 4
source (of information etc) / origin
HSK 4
water source / water supply / headwaters of a river
HSK 7-9
energy sources; energy
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
origin / source
Qinyuan County in Changzhi 長治|长治, Shanxi
Luoyuan, a county in Fuzhou City 福州市, Fujian
human resources
Hanyuan county in Ya'an 雅安, Sichuan
light source
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root / source / origin
Taoyuan county in Changde 常德, Hunan / Taoyuan township in Kaohsiung county 高雄縣|高雄县, southwest Taiwan
supply of goods
to establish additional sources of revenue / (computing) open-source (abbr. for 開放源碼|开放源码)
renewable energy source
natural resource
Dongyuan county in Heyuan 河源, Guangdong
homology (biology) / a common origin
to rise / to originate / source / derivation
the Peach Blossom Spring, a hidden land of peace and prosperity / utopia
to investigate the origin of sth / to trace a river upstream back to its source
renewable resource
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
etymology / origin of a word
Jiyuan directly administered city in Henan
Wanyuan, county-level city in Dazhou 達州|达州, Sichuan
Jinyuan district of Taiyuan city 太原市, Shanxi
financial resources / source of revenue
cause of disease
Menyuan Hui Autonomous County in Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 海北藏族自治州, Qinghai
Hunyuan county in Datong 大同, Shanxi
radiation source
Laiyuan county in Baoding 保定, Hebei
Fuyuan county in Qujing 曲靖, Yunnan
springhead / fountainhead / (fig.) source
Jingyuan county in Guyuan 固原, Ningxia
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!
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
epicenter (of earthquake) / hypocenter
manpower resources (for military service) / sources of troops
Wuyuan county in Shangrao 上饒|上饶, Jiangxi
heat source
Zhaoyuan county in Daqing 大慶|大庆, Heilongjiang
(Tw) power bank
to trace sth back to its origin
to go back to the source
Jiangyuan district in Baishan city 白山市, Jilin
river source
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!
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
Wengyuan County in Shaoguan 韶關|韶关, Guangdong
etymology
Eryuan county in Dali Bai autonomous prefecture 大理白族自治州, Yunnan
Weiyuan county in Dingxi 定西, Gansu
source of customers
Guyuan county in Zhangjiakou 張家口|张家口, Hebei
Yiyuan county in Zibo 淄博, Shandong
source
Origin of Dharma (in Buddhism) / source of the law
Huangyuan county in Xining 西寧|西宁, Qinghai
etymology (of a non-Chinese word) / origin of a character
supply of students / source of students
web feed / news feed / syndicated feed
to pursue sth back to its origins / to trace back to the source / to get to the bottom of sth
Wei Yuan (1794-1857), Qing dynasty thinker, historian and scholar
neutron source
Go Seigen (1914-2014), Go player
Minute Maid
source of an infection
to share the same origins; to have common roots
hydrogen energy (energy derived from using hydrogen as a fuel)
(Tw) voter base
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
nonrenewable resource
origin of mankind
renewable resource
origin of a name
land resources
geothermal resources
exogenous
sealed radiation source
stressor
nuclear power

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