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 lái yuán source (of information etc) / origin
 běn root / stem / origin / source / this / the current / original / inherent / originally / classifier for books, periodicals, files etc
 chū chù source (esp. of quotation or literary allusion) / origin / where sth comes from
 chǎn dì source (of a product) / place of origin / manufacturing location
 yuán tóu source / fountainhead
 yuān yuán origin / source / relationship
 fā yuán dì place of origin / birthplace / source
 běn yuán origin / source
 fā yuán to rise / to originate / source / derivation
 quán yuán springhead / fountainhead / (fig.) source
 yuán former / original / primary / raw / level / cause / source
 nèi yuán source
 cè yuán dì place of origin / source (of a war or a social movement)
 mǔ mother / elderly female relative / origin / source / (of animals) female
 yuán root / source / origin
 tāi fetus / classifier for litters (of puppies etc) / padding (in clothing or bedding) / womb carrying a fetus / (fig.) origin / source / (loanword) tire
 yuán diǎn source
 diàn yuán electric power source
 néng yuán energy / power source / CL:個|个[ge4]
 yuán mǎ source code (computing)
 sù cái source material (in literature and art)
 běn shì source material / original story
 chá yuè to consult / to refer to / to look sth up in a reference source
 yuán dài mǎ source code (computing)
 yuán chǎn dì original source / place of origin / provenance
 shuǐ yuán water source / water supply / headwaters of a river
 yuán quán fountainhead / well-spring / water source / fig. origin
 guāng yuán light source
 shēng yuán supply of students / source of students
 cái yuán financial resources / source of revenue
 shuǐ cǎo water plants / habitat with water source and grass
 yuán chéng xù source code (computing)
  source of data
 jù bǎo pén treasure bowl (mythology) / fig. source of wealth / cornucopia / gold mine
 zhī qíng rén person in the know / insider / informed source
 zhuó luò whereabouts / place to settle / reliable source (of funds etc) / (of responsibility for a matter) to rest with sb / settlement / solution
 huǒ zhǒng tinder / source of a fire / inflammable material / (fig.) spark (of a revolution etc)
 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
 lán běn blueprint / source material on which later works (books, movies etc) are based
 huò shuǐ source of calamity (esp. of women)
 yǎn shēng wù a derivative (complex product derived from simpler source material)
 yuán liú (of watercourses) source and direction of flow / origin and development
 yáo qián shù a legendary tree that sheds coins when shaken / a source of easy money (idiom)
 sù yuán to investigate the origin of sth / to trace a river upstream back to its source
 rè yuán heat source
 chuán rǎn yuán source of an infection
 wū zhuó (of income etc) to be unassured / to lack a reliable source
 zhuī gēn to trace sth back to its source / to get to the bottom of sth
  combustion source
 rán shāo shì combustion source
 yǐn láng rù shì to show the wolf into the house (idiom) / to introduce a potential source of trouble
 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
 fàng shè yuán radiation source
 fǎ yuán Origin of Dharma (in Buddhism) / source of the law
 xiāo xi líng tōng rén shì well-informed source / person with inside information
 Yíng zhōu Yingzhou, easternmost of three fabled islands in Eastern sea, home of immortals and source of elixir of immortality
 Fǎ yuán sì Fayuan or Source of the Law temple in Beijing
 yǐn shuǐ sī yuán 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!
 yǐn gǒu rù zhài to lead the dog into the village (idiom) / to introduce a potential source of trouble
 yǐn guǐ shàng mén to invite the devil to one's house (idiom) / to introduce a potential source of trouble
 luò yè guī gēn lit. a falling leaf returns to the roots (idiom) / fig. all things go back to their source eventually / in old age, an expatriate returns home
 zhuī gēn sù yuán to pursue sth back to its origins / to trace back to the source / to get to the bottom of sth
 dìng yú yī zūn (idiom) to rely on a single authority to determine what is correct / to regard a source (or entity or individual) as the ultimate authority
 Tài jí the Absolute or Supreme Ultimate, the source of all things according to some interpretations of Chinese mythology
 mì fēng fú shè yuán sealed radiation source
 yuán diǎn dì zhǐ source address
 yuán qì guān source organ
 zhōng zǐ yuán neutron source
 zhǔ yào lái yuán principle source / main source
 kāi fàng yuán mǎ ruǎn jiàn open source software (OSS)
 zài shēng néng yuán renewable energy source
 yuán wù liào source material / raw materials
 cān jiào to proofread / to revise one or more editions of a text using an authoritative edition as a source book / to editorially revise a text
 cān kǎo cái liào reference material / source documents
 dà yǎng bā source of oxygen (of forests and nature reserves) / (cliché) lungs of the planet
访 chá fǎng to make an investigative visit / to go and find out from the source
 tuī běn sù yuán to go back to the source
 jiāng yuán river source
 jiū qí gēn yuán to trace something to its source (idiom)
 xùn xī yuán information source
 zhuǎn yǐn to quote from secondary source
 nì liú sù yuán to go back to the source
  source signal
 kāi fàng yuán mǎ open source (computing)
怀 yǐn liú huái yuán 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!
 bào zhà diǎn shotpoint / source point
 huǒ xiāng combustion source
 lái yuán guó source country / source nation
 yuán yǔ source language (linguistics)
 wū rǎn yuán kòng zhì source control
 diǎn yuán wū rǎn point source pollution
 gōng kāi lái yuán qíng bào open source intelligence
  Seminar on Protection of Soil and Aquifers against Non-Point Source Pollution
 nì fēng wū rǎn yuán upwind source of pollution
 wú zhǔ lái yuán orphan source
  source reduction / reduction at source
  ion source
 yuán cái liào source material
 hé dòng lì yuán nuclear power source / nuclear power system
 xū nǐ diǎn wū rǎn yuán virtual point source
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