1 research

2 a study

3 classifier: 项 xiàng

4 to research

5 to look into

1 to go to the bottom of a matter

2 after all

3 when all is said and done

4 (in an interrogative sentence) finally

5 outcome

6 result

1 in the end

2 after all is said and done

1 research institute

2 graduate studies

3 graduate school

4 classifier: 个 gè

1 graduate student

2 postgraduate student

3 research student

1 lit. to examine roots and inquire at the base (idiom); to get to the bottom of sth

1 to trace something to its source (idiom)