go to the root of
Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Zhu ī g ē nqi ú Yu á n, meaning to trace the origin of things, the same as "trace the origin". From China on a hard March
The origin of Idioms
The fourth chapter of Zhang Zhou's China with difficult steps: "tracing back to the source, tracing back to the dark curtain, cen Changjin shows his face."
Idiom usage
As predicate, object, adverbial; refers to the pursuit of the root. examples archaeological work relies on tracing the roots.
Chinese PinYin : zhuī gēn qiú yuán
go to the root of
green light and yellow volume -- to study at night. qīng dēng huáng juàn
The heart is long and the heart is short. xīn cháng gěng duǎn
family producing public officials for successive generations. zān yīng shì zhòu
The skill of crossing the grass. héng cǎo zhī gōng
be the same in appearance but different essentially. míng mào shí yì
as like as an apple is to an oyster. jié rán bù tóng