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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 追根究底

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
追根究底 zhuī gēn jiū dǐ - to get to the heart of the matter

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - - 81,622 61,827

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
duī- to sculpt
- to carve
- musical instrument (old)
zhuī- to chase
- to pursue
- to look into
- to investigate
- to reminisce
- to recall
- to court (one's beloved)
- to binge-watch (a TV drama)
- retroactively
- posthumously
gēn- root
- basis
- classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings
- CL:條|条[tiao2]
- radical (chemistry)
jiū- after all
- to investigate
- to study carefully
- Taiwan pr. [jiu4]
de- (equivalent to 的 as possessive particle)
- bottom; base
- background; foundation
- copy (of a manuscript or receipt etc) kept as a record
- (suffix) end of a year or month
- (math.) radix; base (abbr. for 底數|底数[di3shu4])

Other Words Containing 追根究底

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo