đầu sông ngọn nguồn

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Meaning · English

Origin or starting point of something

Literally: head of the river, source of the stream

Examples

Để hiểu vấn đề, ta phải tìm đầu sông ngọn nguồn của nóTo understand the problem, we must find its origin

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Sources & notes

Discovered via Nam ngạn chích cẩm (Phạm Quang Sán, 1918; public domain, via vi.wikisource); retrieved 2026-08-01. Source: source ↗ Attested in Nam ngạn chích cẩm (Phạm Quang Sán, 1918). Definition drafted by AI (@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) and auto-approved by rule on 2026-08-01; pending editor spot-check.

Common questions

What does “đầu sông ngọn nguồn” mean?

Origin or starting point of something Literally: head of the river, source of the stream

Is “đầu sông ngọn nguồn” formal or informal?

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