"Roots" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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茹 rú to eat / (extended meaning) to endure / putrid smell / vegetables / roots (inextricably attached to the plant)
根须 gēn xū roots
斩草除根 zhǎn cǎo chú gēn to cut weeds and eliminate the roots (idiom) / to destroy root and branch / to eliminate completely
草根 cǎo gēn grass roots (lit. and fig.)
回老家 huí lǎo jiā to go back to one's roots / to return to one's native place / by ext. to join one's ancestors (i.e. to die)
树根 shù gēn tree roots
寻根 xún gēn to seek one's roots / to get to the bottom of a matter
除根 chú gēn to root out / to eliminate the roots / to cure once and for all
远志 yuǎn zhì far-reaching ambition / lofty ideal / milkwort (Polygala myrtifolia), with roots used in Chinese medicine
忘本 wàng běn to forget one's roots
须根 xū gēn fibrous roots
归根 guī gēn to return home (after a lifetime's absence) / to go back to one's roots
盘根错节 pán gēn cuò jié twisted roots and intertwined joints (idiom) / complicated and very tricky / knotty and deeply-rooted difficulties
苦参 kǔ shēn liquorice (Sophora flavescens), with roots used in TCM
紫草 zǐ cǎo red root gromwell (Lithospermum erythrorhizon) / flowering plant whose roots provide purple dye / arnebia (plant genus in family Boraginaceae)
叶落归根 yè luò guī gēn a falling leaf returns to the roots (idiom) / everything has its ancestral home / In old age, an expatriate longs to return home.
根深叶茂 gēn shēn yè mào deep roots and vigorous foliage (idiom) / (fig.) well established and growing strongly
壅 yōng to obstruct / to stop up / to heap soil around the roots of a plant
荄 gāi roots of plant
刨根问底 páo gēn wèn dǐ to dig up roots and inquire at the base (idiom) / to get to the bottom of sth
追根问底 zhuī gēn wèn dǐ lit. to examine roots and inquire at the base (idiom) / to get to the bottom of sth
剪草除根 jiǎn cǎo chú gēn lit. cut grass and pull out roots (idiom) / fig. to destroy root and branch / to eradicate
拔毛连茹 bá máo lián rú lit. pull up a plant and the roots follow (idiom) / fig. also involving others / inextricably tangled together / Invite one and he'll tell all his friends.
数典忘祖 shǔ diǎn wàng zǔ to recount history but omit one's ancestors (idiom) / to forget one's roots
盘根问底 pán gēn wèn dǐ lit. to examine roots and inquire at the base (idiom) / to get to the bottom of sth
盘根究底 pán gēn jiū dǐ lit. to examine roots and inquire at the base (idiom) / to get to the bottom of sth
落叶归根 luò yè guī gēn lit. a falling leaf returns to the roots (idiom) / fig. all things go back to their source eventually / in old age, an expatriate returns home
藕断丝连 ǒu duàn sī lián lit. lotus roots may break, but the fiber remains joined (idiom) / lovers part, but still long for one another
询根问底 xún gēn wèn dǐ lit. to examine roots and inquire at the base (idiom) / to get to the bottom of sth
追根求源 zhuī gēn qiú yuán to track sth to its roots
落地生根 luò dì shēng gēn air plant (Bryophyllum pinnatum) / to put down roots
蔉 gǔn to bank up the roots of plants
判别式 pàn bié shì (math.) discriminant (e.g. b²-4ac in the formula for the roots of a quadratic equation)
寻根问底 xún gēn wèn dǐ lit. to examine roots and inquire at the base (idiom) / to get to the bottom of sth
小花远志 xiǎo huā yuǎn zhì small-flowered milkwort (Polygala arvensis Willd. or P. telephioides), with roots used in Chinese medicine
拔茅茹 bá máo rú lit. pull up a plant and the roots follow / fig. also involving others / inextricably tangled together / Invite one and he'll tell all his friends.
拔茅连茹 bá máo lián rú lit. pull up a plant and the roots follow (idiom) / fig. also involving others / inextricably tangled together / Invite one and he'll tell all his friends.
盘错 pán cuò intertwined (of tree roots or branches) / fig. an intricate matter
芿 rèng weeds that regrow from cut-down roots
蕠藘 rú lu:2 variant of 茹藘, Rubia cordifolia or Rubia akane, roots used as red dye
区域茎块作物讲习班  Regional Workshop on Roots and Tubers
树高千丈，叶落归根 shù gāo qiān zhàng , yè luò guī gēn fig. a tree may grow a thousand zhang high, but its leaves return to their roots (proverb) / fig. everything has its ancestral home / in old age, an expatriate returns home
草民 cǎo mín the grass roots / the hoi polloi
连根拔 lián gēn bá to pull up by the roots / to uproot
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