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淵 (yuān) Definition: 1. Deep water; pool. 深水，潭。 2. Deep. 深。 3. Surname. 姓。 Detailed meanings: 1. Deep water; pool: - 淵水 (deep water) - 淵谷 (deep valley) - 淵林 (deep forest) - 淵薮 (淵 refers to a place where fish gather; 薮 refers to a grassy area by water where animals gather; metaphorically, it refers to a place where people or things congregate) - 深淵 (deep abyss) - 臨淵羡鱼 (to envy fish while standing by the deep abyss; metaphorically means to daydream without taking action). 2. Deep: - 淵博 (profound) - 淵源 (deep source) - 淵浩 (vast) - 淵玄 (mysterious) - 淵邈 (far-reaching) - 淵儒 (profound scholar) - 淵识 (profound insight). 3. Surname: - 姓. Additional information: - 本义: 打漩渦的水 (original meaning: whirling water). - 造字法: 會意 (the character is a meaning-based combination; in ancient texts, the outer part resembles a water pool while the inner part represents swirling water). Synonyms: 1. 同本义 ([En.] whirling water) 2. 深潭 ([En.] deep pool) 3. 人或物聚集的處所 ([En.] haunt) Example phrases: - 淵環 (looping circular movement) - 淵洑 (surging appearance of water flow). 引证: - 水出地而不流，命曰淵水 (water emerges from the ground but does not flow, called abyssal water). - 鯢桓之審為淵，止水之審為淵，流水之審為淵 (the quiet water is considered abyss, still water is an abyss, flowing water is also an abyss). Other example phrases: - 淵淪 (gentle ripples in a deep pool) - 淵潭 (deep pool) - 潜龙腾淵 (a hidden dragon rising from the abyss). 形 (as an adjective): 1. 深;深遠;淵博 ([En.] deep; profound). 引证: - 《小爾雅》：淵，深也 (the Xiaoyurya states that deep means abyss). - 《詩·邶風·燕燕》: 其心塞淵 (its heart is like an abyss). - 《禮記·中庸》 : 淵淵其淵 (the depth is deep). Further examples: - 淵微 (subtle profundity) - 淵才 (profound talent) - 淵匠 (a person with profound knowledge) - 淵衷 (inner feelings) - 淵心 (deep thoughts) - 淵玄 (deep and mysterious) - 淵奧 (deep and esoteric).