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Introducing the Chinese idiom 「沿流討源」: its meaning and application are provided for your understanding.
Just like following the waves to find the source. A metaphor for exploring the origin and details of things.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
yán liú tǎo yuán
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
yun4 lau4 tou2 yun4
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