lit. when you drink water, think of its source (idiom); gratitude for
饮 · 7 strokes
Simplified form of 飲. Pictograph of a person with an open mouth (欠) drinking from a wine vessel (酉). 欠 also represents the sound. The 酉 (wine) component and the open mouth was later reanalyzed as 饣 (e…
水 · 4 strokes
Depicts the flow of water in a river.
思 · 9 strokes
Thought is associated with the head (囟) and heart (心). 囟 is also a phonetic component.
源 · 13 strokes
Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 原 represents the sound.
我们要饮水思源，不忘老师的教诲。
We should remember the source when drinking water — never forget our teachers' guidance.