刨根问底 Save Create a free account to save words Traditional (Taiwan): 刨根問底 páogēnwèndǐ ㄆㄠˊ ㄍㄣ ㄨㄣˋ ㄉㄧˇ 男 女 to dig up roots and inquire at the base (idiom) to get to the bottom of sth Character by character 刨(páo)dig 根(gēn)root 问(wèn)ask 底(dǐ)bottom Sign up for a free account to save words and review them A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0