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 根本 gēn běn fundamental / basic / root / simply / absolutely (not) / (not) at all / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 原因 yuán yīn cause / origin / root cause / reason / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 根 gēn root / basis / classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings / CL:條|条[tiao2] / radical (chemistry) syn 复杂 複雜 fù zá complicated / complex 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 复合 複合 fù hé complex / compound / composite / hybrid / to compound / to combine 平方 píng fāng square (as in square foot, square mile, square root) 根源 gēn yuán origin / root (cause) syn 铲除 剷除 chǎn chú to root out / to eradicate / to sweep away / to abolish syn 情结 情結 qíng jié complex (psychology) 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 甘草 gān cǎo licorice root 扎根 zhā gēn to take root 胆碱 膽鹼 dǎn jiǎn choline (amine related to vitamin B complex) 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 复数 複數 fù shù (linguistics) plural / (math.) complex number 平方根 píng fāng gēn square root 助阵 助陣 zhù zhèn to cheer / to root for 祸根 禍根 huò gēn root of the trouble / cause of the ruin syn 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 牙根 yá gēn root of tooth 莲藕 蓮藕 lián ǒu lotus root syn 词根 詞根 cí gēn (linguistics) root 建筑群 建築群 jiàn zhù qún building complex 治本 zhì běn to tackle a problem at its root / to effect a permanent solution (contrasted with 治標|治标[zhi4biao1]) syn 衍生物 yǎn shēng wù a derivative (complex product derived from simpler source material) 治标 治標 zhì biāo to treat only the symptoms but not the root cause 根目录 根目錄 gēn mù lù root directory 植根 zhí gēn to take root / to establish a base 病根 bìng gēn an incompletely cured illness / an old complaint / the root cause of trouble syn 舌根 shé gēn back of tongue / tongue root / dorsal 木香 mù xiāng costus root (medicinal herb) / aucklandia / Saussurea costus / Dolomiaea souliei syn 庞杂 龐雜 páng zá complex / complicated / many and varied syn 根底 gēn dǐ foundation / grounding / background / what lies at the bottom of sth / root / cause syn 白头翁 白頭翁 bái tóu wēng root of Chinese pulsatilla / Chinese bulbul 支部 zhī bù branch, esp. grass root branches of a political party syn 根系 gēn xì root system 除根 chú gēn to root out / to eliminate the roots / to cure once and for all syn 开方 開方 kāi fāng (medicine) to write out a prescription / (math.) to extract a root from a given quantity 根本原因 gēn běn yuán yīn root cause 防风 防風 fáng fēng to protect from wind / fangfeng (Saposhnikovia divaricata), its root used in TCM 黄芪 黃芪 huáng qí huangqi / milk vetch root (used in TCM) / Astragalus membranaceus or Astragalus mongholicus 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 公案 gōng àn judge's desk / complex legal case / contentious issue / koan (Zen Buddhism) syn 板蓝根 板藍根 bǎn lán gēn indigo woad root / root of Isatis tinctoria (used in TCM) 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) 何首乌 何首烏 hé shǒu wū Chinese knotweed (Polygonum multiflorum) / fleeceflower root 白芍 bái sháo root of herbaceous peony (Paeonia lactiflora), used in TCM 阿房宫 阿房宮 ē páng gōng Epang Palace, palace complex in western Xi'an built by Qin Shihuang 秦始皇[Qin2 Shi3 huang2] / also pr. [E1 fang2 Gong1] 阿房宫 阿房宮 ē fáng gōng Efang Palace, palace complex in western Xi'an built by Qin Shihuang 秦始皇[Qin2 Shi3 huang2] / also pr. [E1 pang2 Gong1] 快刀斩乱麻 快刀斬亂麻 kuài dāo zhǎn luàn má lit. quick sword cuts through tangled hemp (idiom) / decisive action in a complex situation / cutting the Gordian knot syn 复线 複線 fù xiàn multiple track (e.g. rail) / multilane (e.g. highway) / (math.) complex line 方根 fāng gēn (math.) root (as in "fourth root (∜)", 4次方根[si4ci4 fang1gen1]) syn 须根 須根 xū gēn fibrous root 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 吴哥窟 吳哥窟 wú gē kū Angkor Wat, temple complex in Cambodia 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) 玄参 玄參 xuán shēn Ningpo figwort (Scrophularia ningpoensis) / root of Ningpo figwort (used in TCM) syn 恋母情结 戀母情結 liàn mǔ qíng jié Oedipus complex 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 错 錯 cuò mistake / wrong / bad / interlocking / complex / to grind / to polish / to alternate / to stagger / to miss / to let slip / to evade / to inlay with gold or silver syn 源 yuán root / source / origin syn 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 块根 塊根 kuài gēn root tuber / tuberous root 芷 zhǐ angelica (type of iris) / plant root used in TCM 墓葬群 mù zàng qún burial complex (archaeology) 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 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) 柢 dǐ foundation / root 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 齿根 齒根 chǐ gēn root of tooth 立方根 lì fāng gēn cube root (math.) 蔸 dōu root and lower stem of certain plants / classifier for pieces and clumps 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 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) 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 复变 複變 fù biàn (math.) complex variable 复变函数 複變函數 fù biàn hán shù function of a complex variable (math.) 复变函数论 複變函數論 fù biàn hán shù lùn (math.) theory of functions of a complex variable 复数平面 複數平面 fù shù píng miàn (math.) complex plane / Argand plane 复杂系统 複雜系統 fù zá xì tǒng complex system 乙酰胆碱 乙酰膽鹼 yǐ xiān dǎn jiǎn acetylcholine ACh (amine related to vitamin B complex) 俄底浦斯情结 俄底浦斯情結 é dǐ pǔ sī qíng jié Oedipus complex 共轭复数 共軛複數 gòng è fù shù (math.) complex conjugate 