探源
tàn​yuán

to find the source

  • created reference approved 探源 → 探原 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    探源 tàn​yuán

    探原 tàn​yuán

    variant

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 探源 · tàn​yuán · to find the source — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    探源

    tàn​yuán

    to find the source

    to exhaustively investigate in order to find the root cause of something; to trace something back to its origin

    探, 源

    探 (literal) → 探 · tàn · to explore 源 (bound) → 源 · yuán · origin

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense