Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 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 moon(first 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


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