Offering free Chinese study resources is our priority. This series showcases idioms and proverbs, widely applicable phrases. Today’s idiom is 「拔本塞原」, explained here.
Today, we explore the idiom 「拔本塞原」. Below, we’ll cover its meaning and practical uses.
①A metaphor for abandoning one’s roots. ② Eradicate the root cause of things happening. Mostly used for bad things. Also written as “uprooting the roots and blocking the source.”
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
bá běn sāi yuán
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
bat6 bun2 sak1 yun4
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