草大青 cǎo dà qīng Isatis tinctoria (indigo woad plant) 青出于蓝而胜于蓝 青出於藍而勝於藍 qīng chū yú lán ér shèng yú lán lit. the color blue is made out of indigo but is more vivid than indigo (idiom) / fig. the student surpasses the master 青出于蓝，而胜于蓝 青出於藍，而勝於藍 qīng chū yú lán , ér shèng yú lán lit. the color blue is made out of indigo but is more vivid than indigo (idiom) / fig. the student becomes superior to the master 青黛 qīng dài indigo (dye) / Indigo naturalis extract (used in TCM) 菘蓝 菘藍 sōng lán Isatis tinctoria (woad, a brassica producing blue dye) 方根 fāng gēn (math.) root (as in "fourth root (∜)", 4次方根[si4ci4 fang1gen1]) syn 块根 塊根 kuài gēn root tuber / tuberous root 藁本 gǎo běn Ligusticum levisticum (Chinese lovage root) / ligusticum root 根服务器 根服務器 gēn fú wù qì root server / DNS root server 羌活 qiāng huó Notopterygium root (root of Notopterygium incisum) 平方平均数 平方平均數 píng fāng píng jūn shù root mean square (RMS) / quadratic root 靛蓝 靛藍 diàn lán indigo (dye) syn 蓝靛 藍靛 lán diàn indigo syn 靛青 diàn qīng indigo syn 蓝 藍 lán blue / indigo plant syn 靛 diàn indigo pigment syn 蓼蓝 蓼藍 liǎo lán indigo dye / Polygonum tinctorium syn 倒吊蜡烛 倒吊蠟燭 dào diào là zhú Wrightia tinctoria (flowering plant in Apocynaceae family, common names dyer's oleander or pala indigo) 红橙黄绿蓝靛紫 紅橙黃綠藍靛紫 hóng chéng huáng lǜ lán diàn zǐ red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet (the colors of the rainbow) 青靛 qīng diàn indigo 靛白 diàn bái indigo white 靛色 diàn sè indigo (color) 靛花 diàn huā indigo 靛蓝色 靛藍色 diàn lán sè indigo blue 英迪格酒店 yīng dí gé jiǔ diàn Hotel Indigo (brand) 原因 yuán yīn cause / origin / root cause / reason / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 根本 gēn běn fundamental / basic / root / simply / absolutely (not) / (not) at all / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 部位 bù wèi part (esp. of the body, but also of a vegetable, e.g. the root, or a garment, e.g. the sleeve, etc) syn 平方 píng fāng square (as in square foot, square mile, square root) 根源 gēn yuán origin / root (cause) syn 支部 zhī bù branch, esp. grass root branches of a political party syn 标本 標本 biāo běn specimen / sample / the root cause and symptoms of a disease 下体 下體 xià tǐ lower body / euphemism for genitals / root and stem of plants syn 助阵 助陣 zhù zhèn to cheer / to root for 根本原因 gēn běn yuán yīn root cause 铲除 剷除 chǎn chú to root out / to eradicate / to sweep away / to abolish syn 斩草除根 斬草除根 zhǎn cǎo chú gēn to cut weeds and eliminate the roots (idiom) / to destroy root and branch / to eliminate completely syn 根目录 根目錄 gēn mù lù root directory 甘草 gān cǎo licorice root 扎根 zhā gēn to take root 防风 防風 fáng fēng to protect from wind / fangfeng (Saposhnikovia divaricata), its root used in TCM 治本 zhì běn to tackle a problem at its root / to effect a permanent solution (contrasted with 治標|治标[zhi4biao1]) syn 黄芪 黃芪 huáng qí huangqi / milk vetch root (used in TCM) / Astragalus membranaceus or Astragalus mongholicus 根系 gēn xì root system 莲藕 蓮藕 lián ǒu lotus root syn 除根 chú gēn to root out / to eliminate the roots / to cure once and for all syn 治标 治標 zhì biāo to treat only the symptoms but not the root cause 植根 zhí gēn to take root / to establish a base 祸根 禍根 huò gēn root of the trouble / cause of the ruin syn 牙根 yá gēn root of tooth 白芷 bái zhǐ Dahurian angelica (Angelica dahurica) / root of Dahurian angelica (used in TCM) 党参 黨參 dǎng shēn poor man's ginseng (Codonopsis pilosula) / codonopsis root (used in TCM) syn 木香 mù xiāng costus root (medicinal herb) / aucklandia / Saussurea costus / Dolomiaea souliei syn 本 běn (bound form) root / stem / (bound form) origin / source / (bound form) one's own / this / (bound form) this / the current (year etc) / (bound form) original / (bound form) inherent / originally / initially / capital / principal / classifier for books, periodicals, files etc syn 字根 zì gēn component of a Chinese character / (linguistics) word root / etymon 柴胡 chái hú Chinese thorowax (Bupleurum chinense) / root of Chinese thorowax (used in TCM) 病根 bìng gēn an incompletely cured illness / an old complaint / the root cause of trouble syn 开方 開方 kāi fāng (medicine) to write out a prescription / (math.) to extract a root from a given quantity 何首乌 何首烏 hé shǒu wū Chinese knotweed (Polygonum multiflorum) / fleeceflower root 根底 gēn dǐ foundation / grounding / background / what lies at the bottom of sth / root / cause syn 白芍 bái sháo root of herbaceous peony (Paeonia lactiflora), used in TCM 词根 詞根 cí gēn (linguistics) root 须根 須根 xū gēn fibrous root 舌根 shé gēn back of tongue / tongue root / dorsal 白头翁 白頭翁 bái tóu wēng root of Chinese pulsatilla / Chinese bulbul 丹皮 dān pí the root bark of the peony tree 根由 gēn yóu the whys and the wherefores / the detailed story / root cause syn 紫草 zǐ cǎo red root gromwell (Lithospermum erythrorhizon) / flowering plant whose roots provide purple dye / arnebia (plant genus in family Boraginaceae) 刺五加 cì wǔ jiā manyprickle (Acanthopanax senticosus), root used in TCM 牛膝 niú xī Achyranthes bidentata (root used in Chinese medicine) 除暴安良 chú bào ān liáng to root out the strong and give people peace (idiom) / to rob the rich and give to the poor syn 玄参 玄參 xuán shēn Ningpo figwort (Scrophularia ningpoensis) / root of Ningpo figwort (used in TCM) syn 根 gēn root / basis / classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings / CL:條|条[tiao2] / radical (chemistry) syn 舍本逐末 捨本逐末 shě běn zhú mò to neglect the root and pursue the tip (idiom) / to neglect fundamentals and concentrate on details syn 沙参 沙參 shā shēn ladybell root (Radix adenophorae) syn 平方根 píng fāng gēn square root 锄强扶弱 鋤強扶弱 chú qiáng fú ruò to root out the strong and support the weak (idiom) / to rob the rich and give to the poor syn 源 yuán root / source / origin syn 刨根 páo gēn lit. to dig up the root / to get to the heart of (the matter) 气根 氣根 qì gēn aerial root (botany) 侧根 側根 cè gēn lateral root (botany) 株 zhū tree trunk / stump (tree root) / a plant / classifier for trees or plants / strain (biology) / to involve others (in shady business) syn 藕 ǒu root of lotus syn 芷 zhǐ angelica (type of iris) / plant root used in TCM 柢 dǐ foundation / root syn 蔸 dōu root and lower stem of certain plants / classifier for pieces and clumps syn 本末倒置 běn mò dào zhì lit. to invert root and branch (idiom) / fig. confusing cause and effect / to stress the incidental over the fundamental / to put the cart before the horse syn 剪草除根 jiǎn cǎo chú gēn lit. cut grass and pull out roots (idiom) / fig. to destroy root and branch / to eradicate syn 直捣黄龙 直搗黃龍 zhí dǎo huáng lóng lit. to directly attack Huanglong / fig. to directly combat the root of a problem 本固枝荣 本固枝榮 běn gù zhī róng when the root is firm, the branches flourish syn 词缀剥除 詞綴剝除 cí zhuì bō chú affix stripping / to determine the root of a word by removing prefix and suffix 单位根 單位根 dān wèi gēn (math.) root of unity 二重根 èr chóng gēn a double root of an equation 代数学基本定理 代數學基本定理 dài shù xué jī běn dìng lǐ fundamental theorem of algebra (every polynomial has a complex root) 参薯 參薯 shēn shǔ Dioscorea alata (Kinampay or aromatic purple yam, a sweet root crop) 块菌 塊菌 kuài jūn truffle (edible root fungus) 宿根 sù gēn perennial root (botany) 实根 實根 shí gēn real root (of a polynomial) 川党 川黨 chuān dǎng Sichuan codonopsis (Codonopsis pilosula, root used in TCM) 