寻根问底 — Chinese idiom
寻根问底
xún gēn wèn dǐ
Traditional: 尋根問底
Meaning
- lit. to examine roots and inquire at the base ; to get to the bottom of sth
Character by character
- 寻xúnto seek; to search for, to look for; ancient
- 根gēnroot, basis, foundation
- 问wènto ask about, to inquire after
- 底dǐbottom, underside; below, underneath
Idioms sharing a character
- 寻欢作乐 xún huān zuò lè
- 寻花问柳 xún huā wèn liǔ
- 无迹可寻 wú jì kě xún
- 耐人寻味 nài rén xún wèi
- 自寻死路 zì xún sǐ lù
- 自寻烦恼 zì xún fán nǎo
- 非同寻常 fēi tóng xún cháng
- 刨根问底 páo gēn wèn dǐ
- 斩草除根 zhǎn cǎo chú gēn
- 根深叶茂 gēn shēn yè mào
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