"窮根究底" meaning in Chinese

See 窮根究底 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Phrase

IPA: /t͡ɕʰi̯ʊŋ³⁵ kən⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ ti²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Mainland-China, Sinological-IPA], /t͡ɕʰi̯ʊŋ³⁵ kən⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹ ti²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Taiwan, Sinological-IPA], /kʰʊŋ²¹ kɐn⁵⁵ kɐu̯³³ tɐi̯³⁵/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA] Forms: 穷根究底 [Simplified-Chinese]
Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 窮根究底
  1. to get to the bottom of the matter Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-窮根究底-zh-phrase-88pK50PQ Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 83 17 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 88 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 92 8
  2. to make a thorough inquiry into something Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-窮根究底-zh-phrase-PoV9mfeR Categories (other): Chinese chengyu Disambiguation of Chinese chengyu: 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 追根究底 (zhuīgēnjiūdǐ), 尋根究底/寻根究底 (xúngēnjiūdǐ), 尋根究底 (xúngēnjiūdǐ), 寻根究底 (xúngēnjiūdǐ)
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "穷根究底",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "窮根究底",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "83 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "88 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "92 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to get to the bottom of the matter"
      ],
      "id": "en-窮根究底-zh-phrase-88pK50PQ",
      "links": [
        [
          "bottom",
          "bottom"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "0 100",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese chengyu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to make a thorough inquiry into something"
      ],
      "id": "en-窮根究底-zh-phrase-PoV9mfeR",
      "links": [
        [
          "inquiry",
          "inquiry"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "qiónggēnjiūdǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "qiónggēnjiùdǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄍㄣ ㄐㄧㄡ ㄉㄧˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄍㄣ ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄉㄧˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kung⁴ gan¹ gau³ dai²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "qiónggēnjiūdǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄍㄣ ㄐㄧㄡ ㄉㄧˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "cyónggenjioudǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chʻiung²-kên¹-chiu¹-ti³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chyúng-gēn-jyōu-dǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chyonggenjioudii"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cjungɛnʹczjudi",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "цюнгэньцзюди"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕʰi̯ʊŋ³⁵ kən⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ ti²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "qiónggēnjiùdǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄍㄣ ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄉㄧˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "cyónggenjiòudǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chʻiung²-kên¹-chiu⁴-ti³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chyúng-gēn-jyòu-dǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chyonggenjiowdii"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cjungɛnʹczjudi",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "цюнгэньцзюди"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕʰi̯ʊŋ³⁵ kən⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹ ti²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kung⁴ gan¹ gau³ dai²"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kùhng gān gau dái"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kung⁴ gan¹ gau³ dai²"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kung⁴ gen¹ geo³ dei²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰʊŋ²¹ kɐn⁵⁵ kɐu̯³³ tɐi̯³⁵/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "zhuīgēnjiūdǐ",
      "word": "追根究底"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "xúngēnjiūdǐ",
      "word": "尋根究底/寻根究底"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "xúngēnjiūdǐ",
      "word": "尋根究底"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "xúngēnjiūdǐ",
      "word": "寻根究底"
    }
  ],
  "word": "窮根究底"
}
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    "Chinese chengyu",
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese idioms",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 底",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 根",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 究",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 窮",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "穷根究底",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "窮根究底",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to get to the bottom of the matter"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bottom",
          "bottom"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to make a thorough inquiry into something"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "inquiry",
          "inquiry"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "qiónggēnjiūdǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "qiónggēnjiùdǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄍㄣ ㄐㄧㄡ ㄉㄧˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄍㄣ ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄉㄧˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kung⁴ gan¹ gau³ dai²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "qiónggēnjiūdǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄍㄣ ㄐㄧㄡ ㄉㄧˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "cyónggenjioudǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chʻiung²-kên¹-chiu¹-ti³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chyúng-gēn-jyōu-dǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chyonggenjioudii"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cjungɛnʹczjudi",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "цюнгэньцзюди"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕʰi̯ʊŋ³⁵ kən⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ ti²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Mainland-China",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "qiónggēnjiùdǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄍㄣ ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄉㄧˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "cyónggenjiòudǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chʻiung²-kên¹-chiu⁴-ti³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chyúng-gēn-jyòu-dǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chyonggenjiowdii"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cjungɛnʹczjudi",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "цюнгэньцзюди"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕʰi̯ʊŋ³⁵ kən⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵¹ ti²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Taiwan",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kung⁴ gan¹ gau³ dai²"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kùhng gān gau dái"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kung⁴ gan¹ gau³ dai²"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kung⁴ gen¹ geo³ dei²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰʊŋ²¹ kɐn⁵⁵ kɐu̯³³ tɐi̯³⁵/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "zhuīgēnjiūdǐ",
      "word": "追根究底"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xúngēnjiūdǐ",
      "word": "尋根究底/寻根究底"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xúngēnjiūdǐ",
      "word": "尋根究底"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xúngēnjiūdǐ",
      "word": "寻根究底"
    }
  ],
  "word": "窮根究底"
}

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