get to the bottom of the matter
To get to the bottom, the Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Zhu ī g ē NW è nd ǐ, which means to investigate the details. It comes from three mirrors of spring planting and autumn harvest.
The origin of Idioms
Kang Zhuo's spring planting and autumn harvest: three mirrors: "as for the problem of the waterwheel later, he really said that there was no loophole, but Lao laiwang's group had to twist him to get to the bottom of it!"
Analysis of Idioms
Synonyms: to get to the bottom, to find the bottom, to dig the bottom
Idiom usage
It is used as predicate, object and adverbial.
Chinese PinYin : zhuī gēn wèn dǐ
get to the bottom of the matter
discard all desires and worries from one 's mind. qīng jìng wú wéi
only one foot is crooked and eight feet are straight. wǎng chǐ zhí xún
There's nothing wrong with it. guà yī lòu wàn