推本溯源
tuī​běn​sù​yuán

to trace back to the source

  • created sense approved 推本溯源 · tuī​běn​sù​yuán · to trace back to the source — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    推本溯源

    tuī​běn​sù​yuán

    to trace back to the source

    to investigate the origins of a matter; to seek out the root cause of something

    推 (literal) → 推 · tuī · to infer 本 (literal) → 本 · běn · origin 溯源 (literal) → 溯源 · sù​yuán · to trace back to the source

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

    created sense