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

订单源源不断地涌来。

Dìngdān yuányuánbùduàn de yǒng lái.

Orders keep pouring in endlessly.

新鲜的蔬菜源源不断地运往城市。

Xīnxiān de shūcài yuányuánbùduàn de yùnwǎng chéngshì.

Fresh vegetables are continuously shipped to the city.

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