询根问底 Save Sign in to save words Traditional (Taiwan): 詢根問底 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 询(xún)ask about 根(gēn)root 问(wèn)ask 底(dǐ)bottom Other words read xúngēnwèndǐ In the same tone 寻根问底 A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0