源源不绝

源源不絕

yuányuán-bùjué

idiom

Meanings

HSK 6

订单源源不绝地飞来。

Dìngdān yuányuán-bùjué de fēilái.

Orders keep flooding in nonstop.

HSK 7-9

他灵感源源不绝，写了一本又一本。

Tā línggǎn yuányuán-bùjué, xiě le yì běn yòu yì běn.

His inspiration never runs dry - he writes book after book.

usage

Interchangeable with 源源不断. 绝 emphasizes 'cut off', 断 emphasizes 'break', both mean the flow never stops.

history

源源 itself goes back to 《孟子·万章上》: 欲常常而见之，故源源而来.

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