源源不断

源源不斷

yuányuán-bùduàn

idiom HSK 7-9 #21,380

Meanings

1 in an unending stream; continuous; flowing without end

Characters

to break; to cease

Examples

HSK 5

新鲜的蔬菜源源不断地运往城市。

Xīnxiān de shūcài yuányuán-bùduàn de yùnwǎng chéngshì.

Fresh vegetables are continuously shipped to the city.

HSK 7-9

订单源源不断地涌来。

Dìngdān yuányuán-bùduàn de yǒng lái.

Orders keep pouring in endlessly.

Tips

memory

源源 is a reduplication of 源 (source/spring), evoking the image of water from a spring that never stops flowing. 不断 means 'unceasing.'

Stroke Order

源 yuán

不 bù

断 duàn