trace back to the sources
Chinese idiom, Pinyin is j í B ě nqi ó ngyu á n, which means to thoroughly study the origin. From Zhu Zi Yu Lei.
The origin of Idioms
Zhu Xi's Zhu Zi Yu Lei of the Song Dynasty, volume 95: "the nature of extreme poverty in Yichuan's words is the nature of temperament."
Analysis of Idioms
Synonyms: tracing back to the source
Chinese PinYin : jí běn qióng yuán
trace back to the sources
sth. unfortunate , esp. death. yī cháng liǎng duǎn
Cast in bronze and cast in iron. tóng zhù tiě jiāo
call on someone repeatedly to enlist his help , etc.. sān gù cǎo lú
swallow humiliation and bear a heavy load. rěn rǔ fù zhòng