strike at the root of the trouble
Chinese idiom, Pinyin is ch ō UX ī nzh ǐ f è I, which means to drain the firewood under the pot, so that the water in the pot does not boil; metaphor fundamentally solves the problem. It's from Shanghe Jinshu.
Idiom explanation
Salary: firewood; boiling: boiling.
The origin of Idioms
In Dong Zhuo's shanghejinshu, Han Dynasty, it is said that "it is better to put out the fire and get rid of the salary when the minister hears that the soup is boiling."
Idiom usage
It is a basic solution to the problem. Cut the grass and root. Wei Shou's judgment of Liang Dynasty for Hou Jing in the Northern Qi Dynasty
Chinese PinYin : chōu xīn zhǐ fèi
strike at the root of the trouble
after meal hours or in leisure time. jiǔ hòu chá yú
use a corpse to resurrect a dead soul. jiè shī huán yáng
The horse is like running water. mǎ rú liú shuǐ
one flaw cannot obscure the splendor of the jade. xiá bù yǎn yú