lit. to examine roots and inquire at the base (idiom) / to get to the bottom of sth
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see 追根溯源[]
(coll.) dim-witted / foolish / absent-minded
foot of a hill or mountain / (physiognomy) root of the nose (between the eyes)
(coll.) end of the year
the innermost depths of one's heart / (Buddhism) manas (the mind)
chameleon plant / fish mint (Houttuynia cordata), esp. its edible rhizome
(lit. and fig.) to uproot
lit. a hair plucked from (person A) would be thicker than (person B)'s waist (idiom) / fig. A is far richer (or more powerful) than B / (used in a pattern such as A拔根汗毛比B的腰粗[A B ])
branching root / rootlet
(math.) root (as in "fourth root (∜)", 4次方根[])
(fig.) the final straw
indigo woad root / root of Isatis tinctoria (used in TCM)
to take root / to establish a base
to be rooted to / to take root in
the root cause (of evil) / bane (Buddhism)
see 樹高千丈，葉落歸根|树高千丈，叶落归根[]
fig. a tree may grow a thousand zhang high, but its leaves return to their roots (proverb) / fig. everything has its ancestral home / in old age, an expatriate returns home
to return home (after a lifetime's absence) / to go back to one's roots
(idiom) in the final analysis
ultimately / in the final analysis / after all / when all is said and done
a strand of hair / pipe cleaner
aerial root (botany)
aerial root (botany)
hydroxide radical (-OH)
hydroxide ion OH-
(math.) to extract a root
foot of a wall
penis
an incompletely cured illness / an old complaint / the root cause of trouble
lit. to examine roots and inquire at the base (idiom) / to get to the bottom of sth
lit. to examine roots and inquire at the base (idiom) / to get to the bottom of sth
twisted roots and intertwined joints (idiom) / complicated and very tricky / knotty and deeply-rooted difficulties
taproot (main root growing vertically down)
short-stem Ardisia (Ardisia brevicaulis)
(loanword) pecan
to trace something to its source (idiom)
(math.) cube root
who do (you) think (you) are? / who does (he, she etc) think (he, she) is?
(attributive) vegan
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