濫觴
làn​shāng

origin

  • created sense approved 滥觞/濫觴 · làn​shāng · to originate — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    滥觞 / 濫觴

    làn​shāng

    to originate

    (literary) to have its origin in; to begin from.

    滥 (literal) → 滥/濫 · làn · to overflow 觞 (literal) → 觞/觴 · shāng · wine cup

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

    created sense

  • created sense approved 滥觞/濫觴 · làn​shāng · origin — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    滥觞 / 濫觴

    làn​shāng

    origin

    (literary) the beginning or source of something; originally used to describe the tiny stream at a river's headwaters that is only deep enough to float a wine cup.

    滥 (literal) → 滥/濫 · làn · to overflow 觞 (literal) → 觞/觴 · shāng · wine cup

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

    created sense