CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY

泉源

quányuán

springhead

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

springhead

fountainhead

(fig.) source

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 泉源 actually appears in real sentences.

These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 泉源 appears in 2 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.

我很荣幸能来到开罗这座不朽的城市，并受到两所著名学府的招待。千载以来，艾资哈尔大学一直担任著伊斯兰教育的指路明灯；百年以来，开罗大学亦一直是埃及全国的发展泉源。wǒ hěn róng xìng néng lái dào kāi luó zhè zuò bù xiǔ de chéng shì， bìng shòu dào liǎng suǒ zhù míng xué fǔ de zhāo dài。 qiān zài yǐ lái， ài zī hā ěr dà xué yì zhí dān rèn zhù yī sī lán jiào yù de zhǐ lù míng dēng； bǎi nián yǐ lái， kāi luó dà xué yì yì zhí shì āi jí quán guó de fā zhǎn quán yuán。

I am honored to be in the timeless city of Cairo, and to be hosted by two remarkable institutions. For over a thousand years, Al-Azhar has stood as a beacon of Islamic learning, and for over a century, Cairo University has been a source of Egypt's advancement.

人内心想飞但因为身体是没有翅膀的，做不到，所以就算可以飞也必须发明外在的飞机来达到目标；有趣的是，人内心想持续快乐，但就算没有任何外在的条件一样是可以在内心哼歌而开心的，所以快乐的泉源是内在的！知道了，就别再往外找了。rén nèi xīn xiǎng fēi dàn yīn wèi shēn tǐ shì méi yǒu chì bǎng de， zuò bú dào， suǒ yǐ jiù suàn kě yǐ fēi yě bì xū fà míng wài zài de fēi jī lái dá dào mù biāo； yǒu qù de shì， rén nèi xīn xiǎng chí xù kuài lè， dàn jiù suàn méi yǒu rèn hé wài zài de tiáo jiàn yī yàng shì kě yǐ zài nèi xīn hēng gē ér kāi xīn de， suǒ yǐ kuài lè de quán yuán shì nèi zài de！ zhī dào le， jiù bié zài wǎng wài zhǎo le。

No published English translation for this sentence.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 泉源.

Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 泉源.

Directly before

的泉源1
发展泉源1

Directly after

泉源是1

ABOUT THIS ENTRY

Where this entry comes from

The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.

Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

COMMON QUESTIONS

About 泉源

What does 泉源 mean in Chinese?

泉源 (quányuán) means springhead.

How do you pronounce 泉源?

泉源 is pronounced quányuán.

Is 泉源 an HSK word?

泉源 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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