to dig up roots and inquire at the base (idiom); to get to the bottom of sth
trad. 刨根問底
Also written 刨根問底【páo gēn wèn dǐ】
Characters in this word
4刨
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carpenter's plane, to plane (woodwork), to shave off, to peel (with a potato peeler etc)
- Pinyin
- bào
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 36760 of 2500
根
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root, basis, classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings, CL:條|条[tiao2], radical (chemistry)
- Pinyin
- gēn
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 5176 of 2500
问
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to ask; to inquire
- Pinyin
- wèn
- Traditional
- 問
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 261 of 2500
底
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(equivalent to 的 as possessive particle)
- Pinyin
- de
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 10646 of 2500