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  1. to dig up roots and inquire at the base (idiom); to get to the bottom of sth

Characters

  • 刨 (刨): carpenter's plane; to plane (woodwork); to shave off; to peel (with a potato peeler etc)
  • 根 (根): root; basis; classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings; CL:條|条[tiao2]; radical (chemistry)
  • 问 (問): to ask; to inquire
  • 底 (底): (equivalent to 的 as possessive particle)

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