dǎ​pò​shā​guō​wèn​dào​dǐ

get to the bottom of things

Senses

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

References

variant 打破砂锅问到底/打破砂鍋問到底 打破砂锅璺到底/打破砂鍋璺到底