归根究底 — Chinese idiom
归根究底
guī gēn jiū dǐ
Traditional: 歸根究底
Meaning
- in the final analysis
Character by character
- 归guīto return, to go back; to return to, to revert
- 根gēnroot, basis, foundation
- 究jiūto dig into, to investigate; actually, after all
- 底dǐbottom, underside; below, underneath
Idioms sharing a character
- 不醉不归 bù zuì bù guī
- 命归黄泉 mìng guī Huáng quán
- 夜不归宿 yè bù guī sù
- 完璧归赵 wán bì guī Zhào
- 实至名归 shí zhì míng guī
- 改邪归正 gǎi xié guī zhèng
- 早出晚归 zǎo chū wǎn guī
- 归心似箭 guī xīn sì jiàn
- 殊途同归 shū tú tóng guī
- 水落归槽 shuǐ luò guī cáo
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