归根究底
Traditional form:
歸根究底
Pinyin (reading):
guīgēnjiūdǐ
Definitions:
- (idiom) in the final analysis
Characters:
- 归 - to return, to go back; to return to, to revert
- 根 - root, basis, foundation
- 究 - to dig into, to investigate; actually, after all
- 底 - bottom, underside; below, underneath
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