来 源 lái yuán source (of information etc) / origin 原 因 yuán yīn cause / origin / root cause / reason / CL:個|个[ge4] 起 源 qǐ yuán origin / to originate / to come from 来 历 lái lì history / antecedents / origin 根 源 gēn yuán origin / root (cause) 本 root / stem / origin / source / this / the current / original / inherent / originally / classifier for books, periodicals, files etc 端 old variant of 端[duan1] / start / origin 出 处 chū chù source (esp. of quotation or literary allusion) / origin / where sth comes from 极 点 jí diǎn extreme point / pole / the origin (in polar coordinates) 由 来 yóu lái origin 渊 源 yuān yuán origin / source / relationship 缘 起 yuán qǐ to originate / origin / genesis / account of the origins of an endeavor 来 路 lái lù incoming road / origin / past history 原 点 yuán diǎn starting point / square one / (coordinate geometry) origin 本 源 běn yuán origin / source 发 端 fā duān beginning / origin / to originate / to initiate 发 轫 fā rèn to set (sth) afoot / to initiate / beginning / origin / commencement 滥 觞 làn shāng lit. floating wine goblets on a stream / the origin (of some phenomenon) 母 mother / elderly female relative / origin / source / (of animals) female 源 root / source / origin 胎 fetus / classifier for litters (of puppies etc) / padding (in clothing or bedding) / womb carrying a fetus / (fig.) origin / source / (loanword) tire 肇 the start / the origin 倪 Ní (literary) small child / limit / bound / extremity / to differentiate / origin / cause 生 命 起 源 shēng mìng qǐ yuán origin 肇 因 zhào yīn cause / origin 烂 橘 子 làn jú zi (EA) Origin (service) (jocular) 产 地 chǎn dì source (of a product) / place of origin / manufacturing location 出 身 chū shēn to be born of / to come from / family background / class origin 人 为 rén wéi artificial / man-made / having human cause or origin / human attempt or effort 原 地 yuán dì (in) the original place / the place where one currently is / place of origin / local (product) 老 家 lǎo jiā native place / place of origin / home state or region 原 产 地 yuán chǎn dì original source / place of origin / provenance 源 泉 yuán quán fountainhead / well-spring / water source / fig. origin 发 源 地 fā yuán dì place of origin / birthplace / source 事 由 shì yóu main content / matter / work / origin of an incident / cause / purpose / subject (of business letter) 达 尔 文 Dá ěr wén Charles Darwin (1809-1882), British biologist and author of "On the Origin of Species" 物種起源|物种起源[Wu3 zhong3 Qi3 yuan2] / Darwin, capital of the Northern Territory (Australia) 北領地|北领地[Bei3 Ling3 di4] 同 源 tóng yuán homology (biology) / a common origin 源 流 yuán liú (of watercourses) source and direction of flow / origin and development 溯 源 sù yuán to investigate the origin of sth / to trace a river upstream back to its source 一 脉 相 承 yī mài xiāng chéng traceable to the same stock (idiom) / of a common origin (of trends, ideas etc) 法 源 fǎ yuán Origin of Dharma (in Buddhism) / source of the law 产 地 证 chǎn dì zhèng certificate of origin (CO or CoO) (commerce) 寒 微 hán wēi of humble origin 词 源 cí yuán etymology / origin of a word 策 源 地 cè yuán dì place of origin / source (of a war or a social movement) 追 本 溯 源 zhuī běn sù yuán to trace sth back to its origin 来 历 不 明 lái lì bù míng of unknown origin 来 路 不 明 lái lù bù míng unidentified origin / no-one knows where it comes from / of dubious background 叁 浦 · 梅 园 MIURA Baien (1723-1789), Japanese neo-Confucian philosopher and pioneer economist, author of The Origin of value 價原|价原 人 类 起 源 rén lèi qǐ yuán origin of mankind 价 原 Jià yuán Kagen or the Origin of Value by MIURA Baien 三浦梅園|三浦梅园[San1 pu3 Mei2 yuan2], pioneering study of economics comparable to Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations 國富論|国富论[Guo2 fu4 lun4] 原 产 国 yuán chǎn guó country of origin 同 源 词 tóng yuán cí cognate / words having a common origin 名 源 míng yuán origin of a name 单 源 论 dān yuán lùn theory of single origin (of mankind) 外 籍 华 人 wài jí Huá rén overseas Chinese / persons of Chinese origin having foreign citizenship 大 疮 dà chuāng ulcer or sore of venereal origin 家 世 寒 微 jiā shì hán wēi to be of humble origin (idiom) 日 系 rì xì (attributive) of Japanese origin 极 径 jí jìng modulus (distance from the origin in polar coordinates) 混 元 hùn yuán time immemorial / origin of the universe / the world 起 迄 qǐ qì start and end (dates) / origin and destination 非 洲 单 源 说 Fēi zhōu dān yuán shuō single origin out of Africa (current mainstream theory of human evolution) 生 物 源 武 器 shēng wù yuán wǔ qì arms of biological origin 文 化 财 产 返 还 或 归 还 原 主 国 return or restitution of cultural property to the countries of origin 木 材 原 产 地 wood origin 原 产 地 规 则 委 员 会 Committee on Rules of Origin 水 道 起 源 国 shuǐ dào qǐ yuán guó watercourse State of origin 溷 合 原 产 地 包 裹 parcel of mixed origin 原 产 地 协 定 Agreement on Rules of Origin 移 植 议 定 书 yí zhí yì dìng shū Additional Protocol to the Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine, on Transplantation of Organs and Tissues of Human Origin / Protocol on transplantation 陆 源 冰 ice of land origin 发 航 港 port of origin / port of loading 装 货 港 zhuāng huò gǎng port of origin / port of loading 原 产 地 证 书 certificate of origin 原 产 地 规 则 rules of origin 按 工 业 原 产 地 分 列 的 商 品 分 类 Classification of Commodities by Industrial Origin 欧 洲 治 疗 用 人 体 器 官 制 品 交 换 协 定 European Agreement on the Exchange of Therapeutic Substances of Human Origin 动 物 、 肉 类 和 其 他 动 物 源 性 产 品 过 境 公 约 International Convention concerning the Transit of Animals, Meat and Other Products of Animal Origin 水 成 hydrogenetic origin 原 产 地 规 则 工 作 组 Working Group on Rules of Origin 三 浦 梅 园 Sān pǔ Méi yuán MIURA Baien (1723-1789), Japanese neo-Confucian philosopher and pioneer economist, author of The Origin of value 價原|价原[Jia4 yuan2] 字 源 zì yuán etymology (of a non-Chinese word) / origin of a character 郡 望 jùn wàng choronym (a family's region of origin, used as an indicator of superior social status in a choronym-surname combination) (For example, the Tang writer Han Yu 韓愈|韩愈[Han2 Yu4] is also known as 韓昌黎|韩昌黎[Han2 Chang1 li2], where 韓|韩[Han2] is his surname and 昌黎[Chang1 li2] is his clan's ancestral prefecture 郡[jun4].)
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