追本穷源

Traditional form:

追本窮源

Pinyin (reading):

zhuīběnqióngyuán

Definitions:

• see 追本溯源 (zhuīběnsùyuán)

Characters:

• 追 - to pursue, to chase after; to expel
• 本 - root, origin, source; basis
• 穷 - poor, destitute; to exhaust
• 源 - spring; source, root, head; surname

Traditional characters:

• 追 - to pursue, to chase after; to expel
• 本 - root, origin, source; basis
• 窮 - poor, destitute; to exhaust
• 源 - spring; source, root, head; surname