原始要終
yuán​shǐ​yào​zhōng

to search for origins and outcomes

  • created sense approved 原始要终/原始要終 · yuán​shǐ​yào​zhōng · to search for origins and outcomes — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    原始要终 / 原始要終

    yuán​shǐ​yào​zhōng

    to search for origins and outcomes

    To trace the entire development of a matter from its beginning to its end; to investigate the history and final results of something.

    原始 (literal) → 原始 · yuán​shǐ · trace back 要 (literal) → 要 · yào · summary 终 (literal) → 终/終 · zhōng · end

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

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