追根寻底 zhuīgēnxúndǐ to get to the heart of the matter Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 追根 zhuīgēn to get to the bottom of to trace something back to its source; to get to the root of a matter寻 尋 xún verb to search to search; to seek; to look for底 dǐ adverb ins and outs The truth behind a matter; the underlying details or background information