追根究底

追
根
究
底
to get to the heart of the matter

Characters and words in 追根究底

追
dui̅ = du + ei1
to sculpt / to carve / musical instrument (old)
追
zhui̅ = zhu + ei1
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
追 = 𠂤 + 辶 : Mnemonic symbol: a bounty hunter.

Julian Giant Squid stole the bounty hunter's gladiator sandals, and now the bounty hunter chases Julian Giant Squid. In front of the Eiffel Tower, Julian Giant Squid found no better hideout than a stashed filing cabinet in which he hides.
追
根
to trace sth back to its source / to get to the bottom of sth
根
ge̅n = g + (e)n1
root / basis / classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings / CL:條|条[tiao2] / radical (chemistry)
根 = 木 + 艮 : Guy Fawkes hates Christmas, so he his especially annoyed when he sees a Christmas tree even in front of the encampment. He takes out his chewing gum, sticks it to the tree's star and pulls it as long as he can to see if he can beat his record. Afterwards he wants to wrap the Christmas tree with the chewing gum.
根
究
to investigate (sth) thoroughly / to get to the bottom of
究
jiu̅ = ji + ou1
after all / to investigate / to study carefully / Taiwan pr. [jiu4]
究 = 九 + 穴 : Joan of Arc (ji) is carefully studying (究) cave paintings (穴) that have appeared over night in front of the outhouse (ou1) using mass spectrometry. She carves off a little of the paintings and puts them in the mass spectrometer. As it emits a huge cloud nine (九), the spectrometer shows on the display that the main component is love.
底
de = d + e5
(equivalent to 的 as possessive particle)
底
dǐ = di + Ø3
background / bottom / base / end (of the month, year etc) / remnants / (math.) radix / base
底 = 广 + 氐 : The space station's old concrete foundation has been broken up, and Dorothy Gale wants to send the remnants of the foundation back to the base on earth using parachutes.

Words with 追根究底

追
追
根
根
究
究
底
底
儿
兒
erhua variant of 追根究底[zhui1 gen1 jiu1 di3]

Sentences with 追根究底

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