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"(fig.) source" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
泉源 quán yuán springhead / fountainhead / (fig.) source syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation
本 běn (bound form) root / stem / (bound form) origin / source / (bound form) one's own / this / (bound form) this / the current (year etc) / (bound form) original / (bound form) inherent / originally / initially / capital / principal / classifier for books, periodicals, files etc syn
原 yuán former / original / primary / raw / level / cause / source syn
来源 來源 lái yuán source (of information etc) / origin syn
电源 電源 diàn yuán electric power source
于 於 yú (of time or place) in / at / on / (indicating any indirect relation) to / toward / vis-à-vis / with regard to / for / (indicating a source) from / out of / (used in comparison) than / (used in the passive voice) by syn
源头 源頭 yuán tóu source / fountainhead syn
响起 響起 xiǎng qǐ (of a sound) to come forth / (of a sound source) to ring out / to sound / to go off syn
水源 shuǐ yuán water source / water supply / headwaters of a river syn
素材 sù cái source material (in literature and art) syn
查阅 查閱 chá yuè to consult / to refer to / to look sth up in a reference source syn
开花 開花 kāi huā to bloom / to blossom / to flower / (fig.) to burst / to split open / (fig.) to burst with joy / (fig.) to spring up everywhere / to flourish syn
源泉 yuán quán fountainhead / well-spring / water source / fig. origin syn
火种 火種 huǒ zhǒng tinder / source of a fire / inflammable material / (fig.) spark (of a revolution etc)
热腾腾 熱騰騰 rè téng téng steaming hot / (fig.) bustling / hectic / (fig.) excited / stirred up / (fig.) created only a short time before / freshly minted / hot off the press / (coll.) also pr. [re4 teng1 teng1] syn
摇钱树 搖錢樹 yáo qián shù legendary tree that sheds coins when shaken / (fig.) source of easy money syn
发源地 發源地 fā yuán dì place of origin / birthplace / source syn
出处 出處 chū chù source (esp. of quotation or literary allusion) / origin / where sth comes from syn
光源 guāng yuán light source
渊源 淵源 yuān yuán origin / source / relationship syn
热源 熱源 rè yuán heat source
古柯 gǔ kē (botany) coca (source of cocaine) syn
着落 著落 zhuó luò whereabouts / place to settle / reliable source (of funds etc) / (of responsibility for a matter) to rest with sb / settlement / solution syn
财源 財源 cái yuán financial resources / source of revenue
知情人 zhī qíng rén person in the know / insider / informed source syn
祸水 禍水 huò shuǐ source of calamity (esp. of women) syn
火源 combustion source
语录 語錄 yǔ lù quotation (from a book or existing source) syn
追根 zhuī gēn to trace sth back to its source / to get to the bottom of sth syn
产地 產地 chǎn dì source (of a product) / place of origin / manufacturing location
先河 xiān hé source / precursor / forerunner syn
蓝本 藍本 lán běn blueprint / source material on which later works (books, movies etc) are based syn
溯源 sù yuán to investigate the origin of sth / to trace a river upstream back to its source syn
编译 編譯 biān yì to translate and edit / translator-editor / (computing) to compile (source code)
源代码 源代碼 yuán dài mǎ source code (computing)
原产地 原產地 yuán chǎn dì original source / place of origin / provenance
发源 發源 fā yuán to rise / to originate / source / derivation syn
生源 shēng yuán supply of students / source of students
传染源 傳染源 chuán rǎn yuán source of an infection
本源 běn yuán origin / source syn
衍生物 yǎn shēng wù a derivative (complex product derived from simpler source material)
放射源 fàng shè yuán radiation source
聚宝盆 聚寶盆 jù bǎo pén treasure bowl (mythology) / fig. source of wealth / cornucopia / gold mine syn
源程序 yuán chéng xù source code (computing)
燃烧室 燃燒室 rán shāo shì combustion source
源码 源碼 yuán mǎ source code (computing)
本事 běn shì source material / original story syn
开源 開源 kāi yuán to establish additional sources of revenue / (computing) open-source (abbr. for 開放源碼|开放源码[kai1fang4 yuan2ma3])
数据源 數據源 source of data
源远流长 源遠流長 yuán yuǎn liú cháng lit. source is distant and the flow is long (idiom) / fig. sth goes back to the dim and distant past / a lot of water has flowed under the bridge since then syn
源流 yuán liú (of watercourses) source and course / origin and development syn
无着 無著 wú zhuó (of income etc) to be unassured / to lack a reliable source
无着 無著 wū zhuó (of income etc) to be unassured / to lack a reliable source
引狼入室 yǐn láng rù shì to show the wolf into the house (idiom) / to introduce a potential source of trouble syn
开源节流 開源節流 kāi yuán jié liú lit. to open a water source and reduce outflow (idiom) / to increase income and save on spending / to broaden the sources of income and economize on expenditure syn
法源 fǎ yuán Origin of Dharma (in Buddhism) / source of the law
消息灵通人士 消息靈通人士 xiāo xi líng tōng rén shì well-informed source / person with inside information
瀛洲 yíng zhōu Yingzhou, easternmost of three fabled islands in Eastern sea, home of immortals and source of elixir of immortality
母 mǔ mother / elderly female relative / origin / source / (of animals) female syn
源 yuán root / source / origin syn
胎 tāi fetus / classifier for litters (of puppies etc) / padding (in clothing or bedding) / womb carrying a fetus / (fig.) origin / source / (loanword) tire syn
太极 太極 tài jí the Absolute or Supreme Ultimate, the source of all things according to some interpretations of Chinese mythology
内源 內源 nèi yuán source
策源地 cè yuán dì place of origin / source (of a war or a social movement) syn
法源寺 fǎ yuán sì Fayuan or Source of the Law temple in Beijing
味道 wèi dao flavor / taste / (fig.) feeling (of ...) / sense (of ...) / hint (of ...) / (fig.) interest / delight / (dialect) smell / odor syn
规矩 規矩 guī ju lit. compass and set square / fig. established standard / rule / customs / practices / fig. upright and honest / well-behaved syn
发烧 發燒 fā shāo to have a high temperature (from illness) / to have a fever / (fig.) to be fascinated with / to obsess over / (fig.) flourishing / thriving / popular syn
目光 mù guāng gaze / (fig.) attention / expression in one's eyes / look / (lit. and fig.) sight / vision syn
出轨 出軌 chū guǐ to be derailed / to go off the rails / (fig.) to overstep the bounds / (fig.) to have an extramarital affair
塑造 sù zào to model / to mold / (fig.) to create (a character, a market, an image etc) / (fig.) (literature) to portray (in words) syn
搅和 攪和 jiǎo huo to mix / to blend / (fig.) to spoil / to mess up things / (fig.) to run around with (sb) / to get involved with / to mix (with other people) syn
鱼肉 魚肉 yú ròu flesh of fish / fish and meat / (fig.) victims of oppression / (fig.) to cruelly oppress (i.e. to treat like flesh to be carved up) syn
走后门 走後門 zǒu hòu mén (lit.) to enter through the back door / (fig.) to pull strings / to use connections / (fig.) (slang) to have anal sex syn
挂钩 掛鉤 guà gōu to couple / to link / to hook together / (fig.) (preceded by 與|与[yu3] + {entity}) to establish contact (with {entity}) / (Tw) to collude (with {entity}) / (fig.) to link (marketing efforts with production etc) / to peg (welfare payments to inflation etc) / to tie (remuneration to performance etc) / hook (on which to hang sth) / latch hook / coupling syn
封顶 封頂 fēng dǐng to put a roof (on a building) / to cap the roof (finishing a building project) / fig. to put a ceiling (on spending, prize, ambition etc) / to top off / fig. to reach the highest point (of growth, profit, interest rates) / to stop growing (of plant bud or branch)
雏儿 雛兒 chú ér newly hatched bird / fig. inexperienced person / fig. chick (slighting term for young woman) / bimbo syn
遮羞布 zhē xiū bù loincloth / (fig.) fig leaf / CL:塊|块[kuai4] syn
架空 jià kōng to build (a hut etc) on stilts / to install (power lines etc) overhead / (fig.) unfounded / impractical / (fig.) to make sb a mere figurehead syn
出笼 出籠 chū lóng (of food) to be taken out of the steamer / (fig.) (often used with 紛紛|纷纷[fen1 fen1]) (of products, information etc) to appear / to emerge / to come out / (fig.) to dump / to inundate the market
瞻前顾后 瞻前顧後 zhān qián gù hòu lit. to look forward and back (idiom) / fig. to consider carefully / to weigh the pros and cons / fig. to be overcautious and indecisive syn
松柏 sōng bǎi pine and cypress / fig. chaste and undefiled / fig. tomb syn
脱胎 脫胎 tuō tāi to be born / (fig.) to develop out of sth else (of ideas, stories, political systems etc) / (fig.) to shed one's body (to be reborn) / bodiless (e.g. lacquerware)
中招 zhòng zhāo (martial arts) to get hit / to get taken down / (fig.) to get infected (disease or computer virus) / (fig.) to fall for sb's trap / to be taken in
小白兔 xiǎo bái tù small white rabbit / (fig.) innocent and naive person / (fig.) (slang) breast
矮化 ǎi huà (plant pathology) to become stunted / (horticulture) to dwarf / to reduce in size (by pruning, breeding etc) / (fig.) to diminish the status of / to disparage / (fig.) to downplay
熔断 熔斷 róng duàn (of fuse wire) to melt / to blow / (fig.) to halt stock trading / (fig.) to suspend an airline from operating flights on a given route (as a penalty, e.g. for bringing in more than a specified number of passengers who test positive for COVID) syn
浊流 濁流 zhuó liú turbid flow / muddy waters / fig. a contemptible person / fig. corrupt or disgraceful social trends syn
下来 下來 xià lai to come down / (completed action marker) / (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.) / (indicates continuation from the past towards us) / to be harvested (of crops) / to be over (of a period of time) / to go among the masses (said of leaders) syn
带来 帶來 dài lái to bring / (fig.) to bring about / to produce syn
加油 jiā yóu to add oil / to top up with gas / to refuel / to accelerate / to step on the gas / (fig.) to make an extra effort / to cheer sb on syn
套 tào to cover / to encase / cover / sheath / to overlap / to interleave / to model after / to copy / formula / harness / loop of rope / (fig.) to fish for / to obtain slyly / classifier for sets, collections / bend (of a river or mountain range, in place names) / tau (Greek letter Ττ) syn
梦想 夢想 mèng xiǎng (fig.) to dream of / dream syn
淘汰 táo tài to wash out / (fig.) to cull / to weed out / to eliminate / to die out / to phase out syn
深 shēn deep (lit. and fig.) syn
将军 將軍 jiāng jūn general / high-ranking military officer / to check or checkmate / fig. to embarrass / to challenge / to put sb on the spot syn
舞台 舞臺 wǔ tái (lit. and fig.) stage / arena syn
吸血鬼 xī xuè guǐ leech / bloodsucking vermin / vampire (translated European notion) / fig. cruel exploiter, esp. a capitalist exploiting the workers syn
不知 bù zhī not to know / unaware / unknowingly / fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc)
价值 價值 jià zhí value / worth / fig. values (ethical, cultural etc) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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