打破砂锅问到底

to go to the bottom of things (idiom)

dozen (loanword)

to beat / to strike / to hit / to break / to type / to mix up / to build / to fight / to fetch / to make / to tie up / to issue / to shoot / to calculate / to play (a game) / since / from

to break / to smash

to break; to smash

broken / damaged / worn out / lousy / rotten / to break, split or cleave / to get rid of / to destroy / to break with / to defeat / to capture (a city etc) / to expose the truth of

sand / gravel / granule / variant of 沙[sha1]

casserole / earthenware pot

pot; pan; wok; cauldron / pot-shaped thing / CL:口[kou3],隻|只[zhi1]

to ask / to inquire

to ask; to inquire

to (a place) / until (a time) / up to / to go / to arrive / (verb complement denoting completion or result of an action)

to reach; to arrive / to leave for; to go to / to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point) / (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point) / considerate; thoughtful; thorough

finally / in the end / when all is said and done / after all / to the end / to the last

(equivalent to 的 as possessive particle)

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