追根溯源
Traditional form:
追根溯源
Pinyin (reading):
zhuīgēnsùyuán
Definitions:
- to pursue sth back to its origins
- to trace back to the source
- to get to the bottom of sth
Characters:
- 追 - to pursue, to chase after; to expel
- 根 - root, basis, foundation
- 溯 - to paddle upstream, to go against the current; to trace the source; formerly
- 源 - spring; source, root, head; surname
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