Tracing back to the source

Tracing back to the source

Tracing back to the source, Chinese idioms, Pinyin is s ù Li ú Qi ú Yu á n, which means to explore the beginning and evolution of things. It's from Yuan Shi yinyilie duying.

Idiom explanation

Go upstream and seek the source. Metaphor is used to explore the initial evolution of things.

The origin of Idioms

Yuan history, Vol.199, biography of hermit and biography of Du Ying: today, we can't trace back to the source. We should learn from the common customs, cultivate materials and prosper, so as to save hundreds of years of disaster.

Analysis of Idioms

Synonyms: tracing back to the source of poverty