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治本
zhì​běn

to tackle the root cause

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
治本 zhì//běn
to tackle the root cause
To get at the root of a problem or disease; to take radical measures for a permanent solution; often used in contrast with 治标 zhì​biāo.

Frequency

Movie subtitles
0.210 per million appears in 0% of films
Written text
2.30 per million

Cross-References

Antonym

  • 治标 zhì​biāo

Sources

Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)