刨根问底 — Chinese idiom
刨根问底
páo gēn wèn dǐ
Traditional: 刨根問底
Meaning
- to dig up roots and inquire at the base ; to get to the bottom of sth
Character by character
- 刨páocarpenter's plane; plane, level
- 根gēnroot, basis, foundation
- 问wènto ask about, to inquire after
- 底dǐbottom, underside; below, underneath
Idioms sharing a character
- 寻根问底 xún gēn wèn dǐ
- 斩草除根 zhǎn cǎo chú gēn
- 根深叶茂 gēn shēn yè mào
- 归根究底 guī gēn jiū dǐ
- 盘根问底 pán gēn wèn dǐ
- 盘根究底 pán gēn jiū dǐ
- 盘根错节 pán gēn cuò jié
- 究其根源 jiū qí gēn yuán
- 耳根清净 ěr gēn qīng jìng
- 落叶归根 luò yè guī gēn
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