尋根問底 Save Sign in to save words Simplified: 寻根问底 xúngēnwèndǐ ㄒㄩㄣˊ ㄍㄣ ㄨㄣˋ ㄉㄧˇ lit. to examine roots and inquire at the base (idiom) to get to the bottom of sth Character by character 尋(xún)search 根(gēn)root 問(wèn)ask 底(dǐ)bottom Other words read xúngēnwèndǐ In the same tone 詢根問底 A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0