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
树根樹根shu4 gen1
tree roots
宿根宿根su4 gen1
perennial root (botany)
酸根酸根suan1 gen1
negative ion; acid radical
算哪根葱算哪根蔥suan4 na3 gen1 cong1
who do (you) think (you) are?; who does (he, she etc) think (he, she) is?
听墙根聽牆根ting1 qiang2 gen1
to eavesdrop; to listen in secret to sb's conversations
听墙根儿聽牆根兒ting1 qiang2 gen1 er5
erhua variant of 聽牆根|听墙根
图林根圖林根tu2 lin2 gen1
Thuringia (state in Germany)
吐根吐根tu3 gen1
ipecac
维特根斯坦維特根斯坦wei2 te4 gen1 si1 tan3
Wittgenstein (name)
席凡宁根席凡寧根xi2 fan2 ning2 gen1
Scheveningen, resort in Den Haag (The Hague), Netherlands
箱根箱根xiang1 gen1
Hakone, city on the east coast of Japan southwest of Tokyo
香根草香根草xiang1 gen1 cao3
vetiver grass (Vetiveria zizanoides)
须根須根xu1 gen1
fibrous roots
寻根溯源尋根溯源xun2 gen1 su4 yuan2
see 追根溯源
询根问底詢根問底xun2 gen1 wen4 di3
lit. to examine roots and inquire at the base (idiom); to get to the bottom of sth
寻根问底尋根問底xun2 gen1 wen4 di3
lit. to examine roots and inquire at the base (idiom); to get to the bottom of sth
牙根牙根ya2 gen1
root of tooth
压根壓根ya4 gen1
from the start; absolutely; entirely; simply
压根儿壓根兒ya4 gen1 er5
erhua variant of 壓根|压根
咬定牙根咬定牙根yao3 ding4 ya2 gen1
see 咬緊牙關|咬紧牙关
咬紧牙根咬緊牙根yao3 jin3 ya2 gen1
see 咬緊牙關|咬紧牙关
业根業根ye4 gen1
the root cause (of evil); bane (Buddhism)
叶落归根葉落歸根ye4 luo4 gui1 gen1
a falling leaf returns to the roots (idiom); everything has its ancestral home; In old age, an expatriate longs to return home.
一根筋一根筋yi1 gen1 jin1
stubborn; inflexible; one-track minded
一根绳上的蚂蚱一根繩上的螞蚱yi1 gen1 sheng2 shang4 de5 ma4 zha5
see 一條繩上的螞蚱|一条绳上的蚂蚱
乙酸根乙酸根yi3 suan1 gen1
acetyl radical CH3COO-
银根銀根yin2 gen1
money market; money
约根約根yue1 gen1
Jurgen (name)
扎根扎根zha1 gen1
to take root
斩草除根斬草除根zhan3 cao3 chu2 gen1
to cut weeds and eliminate the roots (idiom); to destroy root and branch; to eliminate completely
支根支根zhi1 gen1
branching root; rootlet
直根直根zhi2 gen1
taproot (main root growing vertically down)
植根植根zhi2 gen1
to take root; to establish a base
植根于植根於zhi2 gen1 yu2
to be rooted to; to take root in
追根追根zhui1 gen1
to trace sth back to its source; to get to the bottom of sth
追根究底追根究底zhui1 gen1 jiu1 di3
to get to the heart of the matter
追根究底儿追根究底兒zhui1 gen1 jiu1 di3 er5
erhua variant of 追根究底
追根求源追根求源zhui1 gen1 qiu2 yuan2
to track sth to its roots
追根溯源追根溯源zhui1 gen1 su4 yuan2
to pursue sth back to its origins; to trace back to the source; to get to the bottom of sth
追根问底追根問底zhui1 gen1 wen4 di3
lit. to examine roots and inquire at the base (idiom); to get to the bottom of sth
追根寻底追根尋底zhui1 gen1 xun2 di3
see 追根究底
字根字根zi4 gen1
character root; word root; etymon
字根表字根表zi4 gen1 biao3
table of components used in wubi input method 五筆輸入法|五笔输入法
字根合体字字根合體字zi4 gen1 he2 ti3 zi4
stem compound
字根通用码字根通用碼zi4 gen1 tong1 yong4 ma3
common coding for components of Chinese character; same as Zheng coding 鄭碼|郑码