洱源县 (洱源縣)
Ěr yuán xiàn
Pinyin
Definition
洱源县 (洱源縣)
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- Eryuan county in Dali Bai autonomous prefecture 大理白族自治州[Dà lǐ Bái zú zì zhì zhōu], Yunnan
Character Decomposition
Idioms (9)
左右逢源
- 1 lit. to strike water right and left (idiom)
- 2 fig. to turn everything into gold
- 3 to have everything going one's way
- 4 to benefit from both sides
源源不断
- 1 a steady flow (idiom); an unending stream
源远流长
- 1 lit. source is distant and the flow is long (idiom); fig. sth goes back to the dim and distant past
- 2 a lot of water has flowed under the bridge since then
究其根源
- 1 to trace something to its source (idiom)
药食同源
- 1 lit. food and medicine come from the same source (idiom)
- 2 fig. there is no clear-cut distinction between food and medicine