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根源

gēn yuán

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

根源 (gēn yuán) means "origin; root (cause)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 根源 means

1. origin
2. root (cause)

The characters in 根源

• 根gēnroot; basis; classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings
• 源yuánroot; source; origin

Example sentences

• 我无法找到问题的根源。
  Wǒ wúfǎ zhǎodào wèntí de gēnyuán.
  I can't locate the source of the problem.
• 想像力是一切文明的根源。
  Xiǎngxiànglì shì yīqiè wénmíng de gēnyuán.
  Imagination is the root of all civilization.
• 我们必须找出问题的根源。
  We must get to the root of the problem.
• 问题的根源是，在当今世界，愚人充满了自信，而智者充满了怀疑。
  Wèntí de gēnyuán shì, zài dāngjīn shìjiè, yúrén chōngmǎn le zìxìn, ér zhìzhě chōngmǎn le huáiyí.
  The fundamental cause of the problem is that in the modern world, idiots are full of confidence, while the intelligent are full of doubt.

Words containing 根源

• 究其根源jiū qí gēn yuánto trace something to its source (idiom)

Where 根源 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · gé–jǐ (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
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