盘根问底 Save Sign in to save words Traditional (Taiwan): 盤根問底 pángēnwèndǐ ㄆㄢˊ ㄍㄣ ㄨㄣˋ ㄉㄧˇ lit. to examine roots and inquire at the base (idiom) to get to the bottom of sth Character by character 盘(pán)tray 根(gēn)root 问(wèn)ask 底(dǐ)bottom A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0