| 追根溯源 |
zhuī gēn sù yuán |
to pursue sth back to its origins / to trace back to the source / to get to the bottom of sth |
| 追 |
duī |
to sculpt / to carve / musical instrument (old) |
| 追 |
zhuī |
to chase / to pursue / to look into / to investigate / to reminisce / to recall / to court (one's beloved) / to binge-watch (a TV drama) / retroactively / posthumously |
| 追根 |
zhuī gēn |
to trace sth back to its source / to get to the bottom of sth |
| 根 |
gēn |
root / basis / classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings / CL:条 / radical (chemistry) |
| 溯 |
sù |
to go upstream / to trace the source |
| 溯 |
sù |
variant of 溯 |
| 溯源 |
sù yuán |
to investigate the origin of sth / to trace a river upstream back to its source |
| 源 |
yuán |
root / source / origin |