源源不断 (yuán yuán bù duàn)

Character breakdown

• 源 (yuán) · 13 strokes

  Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 原 represents the sound.

• 源 (yuán) · 13 strokes

  Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 原 represents the sound.

• 不 (bù) · 4 strokes

  Pictograph of sepals of a flower. The modern meaning "no" is a phonetic loan.

• 断 (duàn) · 11 strokes

  Simplified form of 斷. Depicts cutting off threads (斷) with an axe (斤)

Usage

订单源源不断地涌来。

a steady flow (idiom); an unending stream

dìng dān yuán yuán bù duàn dì yǒng lái 。