dǎ​pò​shā​guō​wèn​dào​dǐ

get to the bottom of things

打破砂锅璺到底 打破砂鍋璺到底 dǎ​pò​shā​guō​wèn​dào​dǐ
get to the bottom of things
to insist on getting to the bottom of a matter; to be inquisitive. This form is a pun using a character meaning crack to replace a word meaning ask, suggesting that when a clay pot is broken, the crack goes all the way to the base

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