穷理
qióng​lǐ

to probe the nature of things

  • created sense approved 穷理/窮理 · qióng​lǐ · to probe the nature of things — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    穷理 / 窮理

    qióng​lǐ

    to probe the nature of things

    to investigate or trace the underlying principles of things to their very root

    穷, 理

    穷 (literal) → 穷/窮 · qióng · thoroughly 理 (literal) → 理 · lǐ · reason

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

    created sense