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溯源

sù yuán

2-character word

What 溯源 means

1. to investigate the origin of sth
2. to trace a river upstream back to its source

The characters in 溯源

• 溯sùto go upstream; to trace the source
• 源yuánroot; source; origin

Example sentences

• 若追根溯源，绝大多数美国人都是移民。
  Ruò zhuīgēnsùyuán, juédàduōshù Měiguórén dōu shì yímín.
  Most Americans are descended from immigrants.
• 如果追根溯源的话，绝大多数美国人都是移民。
  Rúguǒ zhuīgēnsùyuán dehuà, juédàduōshù Měiguórén dōu shì yímín.
  Most Americans are descended from immigrants.

Words containing 溯源

• 推本溯源tuī běn sù yuánto go back to the source
• 追本溯源zhuī běn sù yuánto trace sth back to its origin
• 追根溯源zhuī gēn sù yuánto pursue sth back to its origins; to trace back to the source…
• 逆流溯源nì liú sù yuánto go back to the source
• 寻根溯源xún gēn sù yuánsee 追根溯源

Sounds the same

Read sù yuán, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 宿缘(Buddhism) predestined relationship
• 泝源variant of 溯源