created sense approved 穷根/窮根 · qiónggēn · roots of poverty — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
穷根 / 窮根
qiónggēn
roots of poverty
The fundamental source or cause of being poor
穷 (literal) → 穷/窮 · qióng · poor 根 (literal) → 根 · gēn · source
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition
created sense approved 穷根/窮根 · qiónggēn · to get to the bottom of things — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
穷根 / 窮根
qiónggēn
to get to the bottom of things
To investigate or probe deeply into the origin of a matter; bound form typically occurring in [[穷根究底|窮根究底|qiong2 gen1 jiu1 di3]] or [[穷根探源|窮根探源|qiong2 gen1 tan4 yuan2]]
穷 (literal) → 穷/窮 · qióng · thoroughly 根 (literal) → 根 · gēn · source
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition