追本溯源
Traditional form:
追本溯源
Pinyin (reading):
zhuīběnsùyuán
Definitions:
- to trace sth back to its origin
Characters:
- 追 - to pursue, to chase after; to expel
- 本 - root, origin, source; basis
- 溯 - to paddle upstream, to go against the current; to trace the source; formerly
- 源 - spring; source, root, head; surname
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