We’re offering free resources to help you learn Chinese. In this series, idioms and proverbs take center stage, known for their deep meanings and versatile usage. Today’s idiom is 「追本溯源」, explained below.
This introduction highlights the idiom 「追本溯源」, with its meaning and examples explained below.
Ben: root; Su: to explore. To trace the root, to explore the source, a metaphor for tracing the origin.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
zhuī běn sù yuán
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
jeui1 bun2 sou3 yun4
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