追zeoi1溯sou3

English

1. lit. to go upstream
2. (verb) Cast (someone's mind) back
3. to trace back to; to date back to
4. to trace sth back to
5. to date from

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 揾返個源頭

Examples

• 追溯病毒源頭

  to trace the origin of the virus

• 我嘅家族史淨係可以追溯到清朝末年。

  My family history can only be traced back to the Late Qing Dynasty.

• 喺歐美，詞性嘅概念可以追溯到去古希臘同古羅馬嘅文獻。可以睇吓古希臘文法家狄俄尼索斯·特拉克斯寫嘅嘢。

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• 山上的老教堂的歷史可以追溯到12世紀。

  The old church on the hill dates back to the twelfth century.

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