| 釋義 |
木本水源mù běn shuǐ yuánthe root of a tree and the source of a stream-the origin of sth.; the root of a matter
? 伯父圖之。我在伯父，猶衣服之有冠冕，木水之有本源，民人之有謀主也。(《左傳·昭九年》) Let my uncle well consider it. I am to you as the cap or crown to the other garments,as the root to the tree,or the spring to the stream,as their counsellor to people. 木本水源mù běn shuǐ yuán本：樹的根；源：水的源頭。比喻事物的根本或由來。the cause of things, the root of a matter |