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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
sù | su4
English translation
to paddle upstream, to go against the current; to trace the source; formerly

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Number of strokes

13

Traditional form

Contains the radical

shuǐ

Part of speech

Verb-like morpheme / 动词性语素 Dòngcí xìng yǔsù

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To seek the source  shuò of a river  shuǐ

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

氵朔

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这些 zhè xiē shù de 系谱可以 kěyǐ 追溯 zhuī sù dào 数千年 qián .

These trees have pedigrees stretching back thousands of years.

这个 zhè ge 非常 fēicháng 全面 quánmiàn de 调查 diàochá 可追溯 dào 1784 Nián

This very thorough survey goes back to

这个 zhè ge 团体 tuántǐ 叙利亚 Xù lì yà de 关系 guānxi 可以 kěyǐ 追溯到圣经 Shèng jīng 时代 Shídài

The community's links with Syria date back to biblical times.

珀西 duì 兰花 lán huā de 痴迷 chī mí 可以 kěyǐ 回溯到1951 Nián

Percy's enchant-ment with orchids dates back to

我们 wǒmen 乘坐 chéngzuò 平底 píng dǐ 长船 ér shǎng dào 格兰切斯特 zài 草地 cǎo dì shǎng 举行 jǔxíng 野餐 yě cān

We punted up towards Grantchester and had a picnic in a meadow.

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
追溯 zhuī sù lit. to go upstream追溯 zhuī sù
回溯 huí sù to recall回溯 huí sù
to go upstream
溯源 sù yuán to investigate the origin of sth溯源 sù yuán
追根溯源 zhuī gēn sù yuán to pursue sth back to its origins追根溯源 zhuī gēn sù yuán
追本溯源 zhuī běn sù yuán to trace sth back to its origin追本溯源 zhuī běn sù yuán
寻根溯源 xún gēn sù yuán to pursue sth back to its origins尋根溯源
推本溯源 tuī běn sù yuán to go back to the source推本溯源 tuī běn sù yuán

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