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We’re sharing free Chinese learning content with you. Idioms and proverbs, full of meaning, are explored in this series. Today, we present 「追本窮源」.

The idiom 「追本窮源」 and its usage are explored below. Learn its meaning and applications here.

Poor: Seeking to the end. Get to the root of what happened.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

zhuī běn qióng yuán

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

jeui1 bun2 kung4 yun4

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