| 刨根问底 |
páo gēn wèn dǐ |
to dig up roots and inquire at the base (idiom); to get to the bottom of sth |
| 刨 |
bào |
carpenter's plane / to plane (woodwork) / to shave off / to peel (with a potato peeler etc) |
| 刨 |
páo |
to dig / to excavate / (coll.) to exclude / not to count / to deduct / to subtract |
| 刨 |
bào |
variant of 刨 |
| 刨根 |
páo gēn |
lit. to dig up the root / to get to the heart of (the matter) |
| 根 |
gēn |
root / basis / classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings / CL:条 / radical (chemistry) |
| 问 |
wèn |
to ask; to inquire |
| 底 |
de |
(equivalent to 的 as possessive particle) |
| 底 |
dǐ |
bottom; base / background; foundation / copy (of a manuscript or receipt etc) kept as a record / (suffix) end of a year or month / (math.) radix; base (abbr. for 底数) |