上溯

Chinese

 
up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up
go upstream; trace the source
simp. and trad.
(上溯)

Pronunciation


Verb

上溯

  1. to go upstream
  2. to trace back
    閱讀不僅使而且可以上溯遠古未來飽覽存在非存在奇風異俗 [MSC, trad.]
    阅读不仅使而且可以上溯远古未来饱览存在非存在奇风异俗 [MSC, simp.]
    From: 謝冕 (Xie Mian), 讀書人是幸福人 (People that Read are Happy People)
    Yuèdú bùjǐn shǐ tā duō shíle cǎo mù chóng yú zhī míng, érqiě kěyǐ shàngsù yuǎngǔ xià jí wèilái, bǎolǎn cúnzài de yǔ fēicúnzài de qífēngyìsú. [Pinyin]
    Reading not only makes him [the reader] recognize the names of more types of grasses, trees, insects and fish, but can also take [him] back to ancient times and take [him] forward to future, thereby taking in a full picture of strange social customs both existent and non-existent.
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