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字词 饮水思源, (缘木思本)。
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饮水思源, (缘木思本)。

Yǐnshuǐ sī yuán;* (yuán mù sī běn).

飲水思源, (緣木思本)。

Lit [When] drinking water, think of [its] source; ([when] climbing a tree, think of [its] root).

Fig One should not forget one's origins or past benefactors.

Note [Cf. Érnǚ Yīngxióng Zhuàn, chap. 13; the first half originally a line from a poem by Sou Xin of the Northern Zhou dynasty, is used as an idiom yǐnshuǐ-sīyuán, meaning “never forget one's origins”; see also the preceding entry.]

Topics BENEFACTORS chengyu Érnǚ Yīngxióng Zhuàn HELP idiom MEMORY Northern Zhou dynasty SOURCES Sou Xin WATER yǐnshuǐ-sīyuán

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