追根問底

lit. to examine roots and inquire at the base (idiom); to get to the bottom of sth

to sculpt / to carve / musical instrument (old)

to chase / to pursue / to look into / to investigate / to reminisce / to recall / to court (one's beloved) / to binge-watch (a TV drama) / retroactively / posthumously

to trace sth back to its source / to get to the bottom of sth

root / basis / classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings / CL:條|条[tiao2] / radical (chemistry)

to ask / to inquire

to ask; to inquire

(equivalent to 的 as possessive particle)

background / bottom / base / end (of the month, year etc) / remnants / (math.) radix / base