Read Edit View history Discussion 滥觞 lànshāng origin Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 滥觞 濫觴 lànshāng 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. to originate (literary) to have its origin in; to begin from. Frequency Written text 0.156 per million Cross-References Synonym 先河 xiānhé Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
滥觞 濫觴 lànshāng 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. to originate (literary) to have its origin in; to begin from. Frequency Written text 0.156 per million Cross-References Synonym 先河 xiānhé Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)