盘根究底 — Chinese idiom
盘根究底
pán gēn jiū dǐ
Traditional: 盤根究底
Meaning
- lit. to examine roots and inquire at the base ; to get to the bottom of sth
Character by character
- 盘pántray, plate, dish; to examine
- 根gēnroot, basis, foundation
- 究jiūto dig into, to investigate; actually, after all
- 底dǐbottom, underside; below, underneath
Idioms sharing a character
- 一盘散沙 yī pán sǎn shā
- 打小算盘 dǎ xiǎo suàn pán
- 杯盘狼藉 bēi pán láng jí
- 沙盘推演 shā pán tuī yǎn
- 盘旋曲折 pán xuán qū zhé
- 盘根问底 pán gēn wèn dǐ
- 盘根错节 pán gēn cuò jié
- 盘龙卧虎 pán lóng wò hǔ
- 虎踞龙盘 hǔ jù lóng pán
- 刨根问底 páo gēn wèn dǐ
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