追根问底 (追根問底)
zhuī gēn wèn dǐ
Pinyin
Definition
追根问底 (追根問底)
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- lit. to examine roots and inquire at the base (idiom); to get to the bottom of sth
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 finally
- 2 in the end
- 3 when all is said and done
- 4 after all
- 5 to the end
- 6 to the last
- 1 (equivalent to 的 as possessive particle)
- 1 thorough
- 2 thoroughly
- 3 complete
- 1 root
- 2 basis
- 3 classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings
- 4 classifier: 条 tiáo
- 5 radical (chemistry)
Idioms (20)
一言既出,驷马难追
- 1 lit. once said, a team of horses cannot unsay it (idiom); a promise must be kept
井底之蛙
- 1 the frog at the bottom of the well (idiom)
- 2 fig. a person of limited outlook and experience
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
大树底下好乘凉
- 1 lit. under a big tree the shade is plentiful (idiom)
- 2 fig. to benefit by proximity to an influential person