to go upstream; to trace back to the source

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Example Sentences

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1
men
jué
dìng
liú
ér
shàng
xún
zhǎo
shuǐ
yuán

They decided to go upstream to find the water source.

2
men
yào
zhuī
zhè
ge
wèn
de
shǐ
gēn
yuán

We need to trace the historical roots of this problem.

3
xué
jiā
zhèng
zài
yuán
zhè
zhǒng
bìng
de
yuán

Scientists are tracing the origin of this virus.

4
men
zhuī
zhè
ge
shì
de
yuán

We can trace the origin of this story.

5
shǐ
xué
jiā
zhèng
zài
zhuī
zhè
ge
lǎo
wén
míng
de
yǎn
biàn
guò
chéng

Historians are tracing the evolution of this ancient civilization.

6
tōng
guò
zhuī
jiā
de
shǐ
xiàn
le
duō
yǒu
de
wǎng
shì

By tracing his family history, he discovered many interesting past events.

Information

Traditional
Radical
Strokes13
StructureLeft-Center-Right
Frequency#2505
Zhuyinㄙㄨˋ
Components
UnicodeU+6EAF
CangjieEYUB
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Cultural note

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