刨根問底

刨
刨
根
根
问
問
底
底
to dig up roots and inquire at the base (idiom); to get to the bottom of sth

Characters and words in 刨根問底

刨
bào = b + ao4
carpenter's plane / to plane (woodwork) / to shave off / to peel (with a potato peeler etc)
刨
páo = p + ao2
to dig / to excavate / (coll.) to exclude / not to count / to deduct / to subtract
刨
鑤
bào = b + ao4
variant of 刨[bao4]
刨
根
lit. to dig up the root / to get to the heart of (the matter)
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.
问
問
wèn = w + (e)n4
to ask / to inquire
问 = 口 + 门 : Willy Walrus sees a mouthwatering mandarin hanging over a door in the floor of the encampment's bathroom. He asks himself: "is it a trap?"
问
問
wèn = w + (e)n4
to ask; to inquire
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 刨根問底

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Sentences with 刨根問底

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