Memory phrase for the Kanji: 溯


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Meaning

to go upstream, to trace the source

Pronunciation

Explanation

Left: water , right: new moon (The disobedient moon is not shining at new moon) [disobedient = A plant's shoot that grows crooked is disobedient.]

Mnemonic

(The moon is between sun and earth and can cause spring tides:) The water at new moon can flow upstream.

Radicals

Water
new moonfirst day of lunar month
disobedient
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Vocabulary

 追溯  zhuī sù  lit. to go upstream; to trace sth back to; to date from
 逆流溯源  nì liú sù yuán  to go back to the source
 追根溯源  zhuī gēn sù yuán  to pursue sth back to its origins; to trace back to the source; to get to the bottom of sth
 追根溯源  zhuī gēn sù yuán  


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