{"path":"/entry/117596","title":"饮水思源 / 飲水思源 (yǐn shuǐ sī yuán) — Chinese Dictionary | Flashbao","description":"饮水思源 / 飲水思源 (yǐn shuǐ sī yuán): literally when you drink water, think of its source (idiom) · gratitude for blessings and their well-spring. Explore meanings, example sentences and vocabulary decks.","catalog":null,"deck":null,"entry":{"reading":{"id":117596,"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["饮水思源"],"TRADITIONAL":["飲水思源"]}},"phonetic":"yǐn shuǐ sī yuán","phoneticKey":"yin3 shui3 si1 yuan2","meanings":{"primary":[{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"literally when you drink water, think of its source ","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]},{"dim":true,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"(idiom)","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]},{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"gratitude for blessings and their well-spring","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]},{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"Don't forget where your happiness come from.","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]},{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"Be grateful for all your blessings!","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]}],"additional":[],"notes":[],"variantMeanings":[]},"classifiers":[],"pos":["NOUN","VERB"],"frequency":68395,"grammar":[],"spokenPhonetic":"yín shuǐ sī yuán"},"otherReadings":[],"examples":[],"carriedReadings":[],"constructions":[],"status":null,"due":null,"reps":null,"lapses":null,"lastReview":null,"senses":[],"origins":[{"literal":"drink water, consider the source","content":[{"type":"paragraph","text":{"simplified":"From \"Tune in the Key of Zhǐ\" (徵調曲) written by Yu Xin (庾信) during the Northern and Southern dynasties:","traditional":null}},{"type":"paragraph","text":{"simplified":"i.e. remember where and how the fruit/water came from. Don’t just be thankful for the fruit/water. The idiom makes use of the latter half: be thankful for all the elements and processes (both past and present) that allowed you to enjoy that humble cup of water.","traditional":null}}],"examples":[{"text":{"simplified":"落其实者思其树；饮其流者怀其源。","traditional":"落其實者思其樹；飲其流者懷其源。"},"phonetic":"Luò qí shí zhě sī qí shù; yǐn qí liú zhě huái qí yuán.","english":"When you eat the fruit, remember the trees that produced them; when you drink water, think of its source.","ref":null}],"senseScoped":false}],"decks":[{"id":27,"sourceName":"Chengyu","name":"Chengyu"}],"vocabularyScale":null,"vocabularyLevel":null}}