泉
quán
Pinyin

Definition

泉
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quán
  1. spring (small stream)
  2. mouth of a spring
  3. coin (archaic)

Character Decomposition

Compounds (2)

腺
xiàn
  1. 1 gland
线
xiàn
  1. 1 thread
  2. 2 string
  3. 3 wire
  4. 4 line
  5. 5 classifier: 条 tiáo
  6. 6 classifier: 股 gǔ
  7. 7 classifier: 根 gēn
  8. 8 (after a number) tier (unofficial ranking of a Chinese city)

Related Words (20)

泉州
Quán zhōu
  1. 1 Quanzhou prefecture level city in Fujian
涌泉
yǒng quán
  1. 1 gushing spring
温泉
Wēn quán
  1. 1 Arishang Nahiyisi or Wenquan county in Börtala Mongol autonomous prefecture 博爾塔拉蒙古自治州|博尔塔拉蒙古自治州, Xinjiang
喷泉
pēn quán
  1. 1 fountain
泉
quán
  1. 1 spring (small stream)
  2. 2 mouth of a spring
  3. 3 coin (archaic)

Idioms (2)

命归黄泉
mìng guī Huáng quán
  1. 1 lit. to return to the Yellow Springs 黃泉|黄泉[Huáng quán] (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to die
  3. 3 to meet one's end
泉石膏肓
quán shí gāo huāng
  1. 1 lit. mountain springs and rocks in one's heart (idiom); a deep love of mountain scenery

Sample Sentences

泉眼无声惜细流，
quányǎn wúshēng xī xìliú ，
Water from mouth (eye in this poem) of the spring river flows carefully and silently
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表情包可是我们群众欢乐的源泉呀，招你惹你了？
biǎoqíng bāo kěshì wǒmen qúnzhòng huānlè de yuánquán ya ，zhāo nǐ rě nǐ le ？
The expression pack is the source of joy for us. Has it provoked you?
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酒泉、敦煌、吐鲁番、喀什、撒马尔罕、巴格达、君士坦丁堡等古城，宁波、泉州、广州、北海、科伦坡、吉达、亚历山大等地的古港就是记载这段历史的“活化石”。历史告诉我们：文明在开放中发展，民族在融合中共存。
Jiǔquán 、Dūnhuáng 、Tǔlǔfān 、Kāshí 、Sǎmǎěrhǎn 、Bāgédá 、Jūnshìtǎndīngbǎo děng gǔchéng ，Níngbō 、Quánzhōu 、Guǎngzhōu 、Běihǎi 、Kēlúnpō 、Jídá 、Yàlìshāndà děng de de gǔ gǎng jiùshì jìzǎi zhè duàn lìshǐ de “huóhuàshí ”。lìshǐ gàosu wǒmen ：wénmíng zài kāifàng zhōng fāzhǎn ，mínzú zài rónghé zhōng gòngcún 。
Ancient ports, such as Jiuquan, Dunhuang, Turpan, Kashgar, Samarkand, Baghdad, Constantinople, Ningbo, Quanzhou, Guangzhou, Beijing, Colombo, Jeddah and Alexandria are living fossils which carry this era within them. History tells us, civilisation develops with openness, peoples coexist in melting pots.
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我昨天去北投洗温泉，没想到北投公园人山人海，简直咱们黄金周出行的规格了，是谁告诉我北投夏天没啥人，可以图个清静悠闲的...
wǒ zuótiān qù Běitóu xǐ wēnquán ，méixiǎngdào Běitóu gōngyuán rénshānrénhǎi ，jiǎnzhí zánmen huángjīnzhōu chūxíng de guīgé le ，shì shéi gàosu wǒ Běitóu xiàtiān méi shá rén ，kěyǐ tú gè qīngjìng yōuxián de ...
I went to bathe in the hot springs in Beitou yesterday. To my surprise the Beitou park was packed with people, similar in scale to the crowds in China's Golden Week holiday. Who was it that told me that there aren't many people in Beitou in summertime and that I could get a bit of peace and quiet...
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把时间拿去做一些有意义的事吧，比方说，都到了北投，就洗个温泉嘛。
bǎ shíjiān náqù zuò yīxiē yǒu yìyì de shì ba ，bǐfangshuō ，dōu dào le Běitóu ，jiù xǐ gè wēnquán ma 。
Shouldn't you put your time to better use? For instance, if you're in Beitou anyway, why not visit the hot springs?
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洗温泉比捉神奇宝贝有意义吗？对我来说，如果我不出去抓宝，可能就是整天赖在家里，也不见得是好事。
xǐ wēnquán bǐ zhuō shénqíbǎobèir yǒu yìyì ma ？duìwǒláishuō ，rúguǒ wǒ bù chūqù zhuābǎo ，kěnéng jiùshì zhěngtiān lài zài jiālǐ ，yě bùjiànde shì hǎoshì 。
So going to the hot springs is a better use of time than catching Pokémon? I think that if it wasn't for Pokémon, I would just be lazing about the house all day, and that's not necessarily a good thing.
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我确实觉得洗温泉比抓精灵有意义啊，促进血液循环还可以变美，不过你说的也对，这些小精灵真是引诱懒人出门的好诱饵啊。
wǒ quèshí juéde xǐ wēnquán bǐ zhuā jīnglíng yǒu yìyì ā ，cùjìn xuèyè xúnhuán hái kěyǐ biàn měi ，bùguò nǐshuōde yě duì ，zhèxiē xiǎo jīnglíng zhēn shì yǐnyòu lǎn rén chūmén de hǎo yòuěr ā 。
I really do think that going to the hot springs is a better use of time than catching Pokémon. It helps promote blood circulation and helps your skin. But you're right too in that these Pokémon are serving as good bait to entice couch potatoes to get out and about.
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你说的这是老西湖十景，现在还有新西湖十景，你听着啊，分别是：云栖竹径、满陇桂雨、虎跑梦泉、龙井问茶、九溪烟树、吴山天风、阮墩环碧、黄龙吐翠、玉皇飞云、宝石流霞。
nǐshuōde zhè shì lǎoxīhúshíjǐng ，xiànzài háiyǒu xīn xīhúshíjǐng ，nǐ tīng zhe ā ，fēnbié shì ：yúnqī zhújìng 、mǎnlǒng guìyǔ 、hǔ pǎo mèng 、Lóngjǐng wènchá 、jiǔxī yānshù 、Wúshān tiānfēng 、ruǎndūn huánbì 、huánglóng tùcuì 、yùhuáng fēiyún 、bǎoshí liúxiá 。
You're talking about the old ten scenes from the West Lake, now there are the new ten scenes from the West Lake, I'll tell you them, they are: 'The Bamboo-lined Path through the Nest of Clouds', 'Rain of Osmanthus petals in Manjuelong Village', 'Dreaming of the Tiger Spring', 'Dragon Well Tea Plantation', 'Nine Creeks among the Misty Trees', 'The Heavenly Breeze over Wu Mountain', 'Duke Ruan's Pier Encircled by Greenery', 'Yellow Dragon Cave Spewing Jade Green', 'Clouds Flying over Jade Emperor Hill' and 'Red Skies over Precious Stone Mountain'.
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温泉
wēnquán
Hot spring.
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山泉
shānquán
Mountain spring.
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