探究
tàn jiū
Pinyin

Definition

探究
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tàn jiū
  1. to investigate
  2. to delve
  3. to probe
  4. to enquire into
  5. to look into

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

侦探
zhēn tàn
  1. 1 detective
  2. 2 to do detective work
探索
tàn suǒ
  1. 1 to explore
  2. 2 to probe
研究
yán jiū
  1. 1 research
  2. 2 a study
  3. 3 classifier: 项 xiàng
  4. 4 to research
  5. 5 to look into
究竟
jiū jìng
  1. 1 to go to the bottom of a matter
  2. 2 after all
  3. 3 when all is said and done
  4. 4 (in an interrogative sentence) finally
  5. 5 outcome
  6. 6 result
终究
zhōng jiū
  1. 1 in the end
  2. 2 after all is said and done

Idioms (6)

巴头探脑
bā tóu tàn nǎo
  1. 1 to poke one's head in and pry (idiom); to spy
  2. 2 nosy
探囊取物
tàn náng qǔ wù
  1. 1 to feel in one's pocket and take sth (idiom); as easy as pie
  2. 2 in the bag
探头探脑
tàn tóu tàn nǎo
  1. 1 to stick one's head out and look around (idiom)
探骊得珠
tàn lí dé zhū
  1. 1 to pluck a pearl from the black dragon (idiom, from Zhuangzi); fig. to pick out the salient points (from a tangled situation)
  2. 2 to see through to the nub
盘根究底
pán gēn jiū dǐ
  1. 1 lit. to examine roots and inquire at the base (idiom); to get to the bottom of sth

Sample Sentences

对，我上课的时候就体会到外国学生总会试图去理解，他们会问“我们为什么要做这件事？”，“它能解决什么问题？”；中国孩子的态度就是老师让我做，我就做。虽然也会很认真，但是不会去探究背后的道理。
duì ，wǒ shàngkè de shíhou jiù tǐhuì dào wàiguó xuésheng zǒng huì shìtú qù lǐjiě ，tāmen huì wèn “wǒmen wèishénme yào zuò zhè jiàn shì ？”，“tā néng jiějué shénme wèntí ？”；Zhōngguó háizi de tàidu jiùshì lǎoshī ràng wǒ zuò ，wǒ jiù zuò 。suīrán yě huì hěn rènzhēn ，dànshì bùhuì qù tànjiū bèihòu de dàolǐ 。
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