| 1 | 渊源 | 淵源 | yuān yuán | yuan1 yuan2 | origin; source; relationship | | |
| 2 | 深渊 | 深淵 | shēn yuān | shen1 yuan1 | abyss | | |
| 3 | 唐高祖李渊 | 唐高祖李淵 | táng gāo zǔ lǐ yuān | Tang2 Gao1 zu3 Li3 Yuan1 | Li Yuan (566-635), first Tang emperor Gaozu, reigned 618-626 | | |
| 4 | 不啻天渊 | 不啻天淵 | bù chì tiān yuān | bu4 chi4 tian1 yuan1 | no less than from heaven to the abyss (idiom); differing widely; worlds apart; the gap couldn't be bigger | | |
| 5 | 颜渊 | 顏淵 | yán yuān | Yan2 Yuan1 | Yan Yuan (521-481 BC), disciple of Confucius 孔夫子 | | |
| 6 | 学问渊博 | 學問淵博 | xué wen yuān bó | xue2 wen5 yuan1 bo2 | to have great learning (idiom) | | |
| 7 | 学识渊博 | 學識淵博 | xué shí yuān bó | xue2 shi2 yuan1 bo2 | to be erudite (idiom) | | |
| 8 | 罪恶渊薮 | 罪惡淵藪 | zuì è yuān sǒu | zui4 e4 yuan1 sou3 | a sink of iniquity (idiom) | | |
| 9 | 小渊惠三 | 小淵惠三 | xiǎo yuān huì sān | Xiao3 yuan1 Hui4 san1 | Obuchi Keizo (1937-2000), Japanese politician, prime minister 1998-2000 | | |
| 10 | 小渊 | 小淵 | xiǎo yuān | Xiao3 yuan1 | Obuchi (Japanese surname) | | |
| 11 | 相去天渊 | 相去天淵 | xiāng qù tiān yuān | xiang1 qu4 tian1 yuan1 | as far apart as the sky and the sea (idiom) | | |
| 12 | 天渊之别 | 天淵之別 | tiān yuān zhī bié | tian1 yuan1 zhi1 bie2 | a complete contrast; totally different | | |
| 13 | 天渊 | 天淵 | tiān yuān | tian1 yuan1 | distance between two poles; poles apart | | |
| 14 | 陶渊明 | 陶淵明 | táo yuān míng | Tao2 Yuan1 ming2 | Tao Yuanming (c. 365-427), Jin dynasty writer and poet | | |
| 15 | 澄渊 | 澄淵 | chéng yuān | cheng2 yuan1 | clear, deep water | | |
| 16 | 鼻渊 | 鼻淵 | bí yuān | bi2 yuan1 | nasosinusitis | | |
| 17 | 塞渊 | 塞淵 | sāi yuān | sai1 yuan1 | honest and far-seeing | | |
| 18 | 千鸟渊国家公墓 | 千鳥淵國家公墓 | qiān niǎo yuān guó jiā gōng mù | Qian1 niao3 yuan1 guo2 jia1 gong1 mu4 | Chidori ga fuchi, national war cemetery in Tokyo; also called Tomb of the Unknown Soldier | | |
| 19 | 刘渊 | 劉淵 | liú yuān | Liu2 Yuan1 | Liu Yuan, warlord at the end of the Western Jin dynasty 西晋 , founder of Cheng Han of the Sixteen Kingdoms 成汉 (304-347) | | |
| 20 | 临渊羡鱼不如退而结网 | 臨淵羨魚不如退而結網 | lín yuān xiàn yú bù rú tuì ér jié wǎng | lin2 yuan1 xian4 yu2 bu4 ru2 tui4 er2 jie2 wang3 | rather than admiring fish, go home and weave a net | | |
| 21 | 临渊羡鱼,不如退而结网 | 臨淵羨魚,不如退而結網 | lín yuān xiàn yú , bù rú tuì ér jié wǎng | lin2 yuan1 xian4 yu2 , bu4 ru2 tui4 er2 jie2 wang3 | better to go home and weave a net than to stand by the pond longing for fish (idiom); one should take practical steps to achieve one's aim | | |
| 22 | 临渊羡鱼 | 臨淵羨魚 | lín yuān xiàn yú | lin2 yuan1 xian4 yu2 | see 臨淵羨魚 ,临渊羡鱼 ,不如退而结网 | | |
| 23 | 临渊履薄 | 臨淵履薄 | lín yuān lǚ bó | lin2 yuan1 lu:3 bo2 | extremely cautious | | |
| 24 | 李渊 | 李淵 | lǐ yuān | Li3 Yuan1 | Li Yuan, personal name of first Tang emperor Gaozu 唐高祖 (566-635), reigned 618-626 | | |
| 25 | 九渊 | 九淵 | jiǔ yuān | jiu3 yuan1 | abyss; deep chasm | | |