支根
zhī gēn
Pinyin
Definition
支根
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- branching root
- rootlet
Character Decomposition
Idioms (18)
一木难支
- 1 lit. a single post cannot prop up a falling house (idiom)
- 2 fig. one is helpless alone
刨根问底
- 1 to dig up roots and inquire at the base (idiom); to get to the bottom of sth
剪草除根
- 1 lit. cut grass and pull out roots (idiom); fig. to destroy root and branch
- 2 to eradicate
寻根问底
- 1 lit. to examine roots and inquire at the base (idiom); to get to the bottom of sth
支吾其词
- 1 (idiom) to talk in a roundabout way to cover up the truth
- 2 evasive