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 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 目录 目錄 mù lù catalog / table of contents / directory (on computer hard drive) / list / contents syn 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 电话簿 電話簿 diàn huà bù telephone directory 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 通讯录 通訊錄 tōng xùn lù address book / directory 扎根 zhā gēn to take root 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 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 名录 名錄 míng lù directory 牙根 yá gēn root of tooth 莲藕 蓮藕 lián ǒu lotus root syn 词根 詞根 cí gēn (linguistics) root 治本 zhì běn to tackle a problem at its root / to effect a permanent solution (contrasted with 治標|治标[zhi4biao1]) 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 先进救灾技术目录 先進救災技術目錄 Directory of Advanced Technologies for Disaster Response / ATDR Directory 联合国全系统联络簿 聯合國全系統聯絡簿 United Nations Global Contact Directory / Global Contact Directory 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 兰谱 蘭譜 lán pǔ lit. directory of orchids / fig. genealogical record (esp. exchanged between sworn brothers) 目录服务 目錄服務 mù lù fú wù directory service 世界国家公园和保护区名录 World Directory of National Parks and Protected Areas 信息学专门机构名录 xìn xī xué zhuān mén jī gòu míng lù Directory of Institutions Specialized in Informatics 民航组织公钥目录 ICAO Public Key Directory 外地办事处名录 Field Office Directory 国际环境信息服务目录 guó jì huán jìng xìn xī fù wù mù lù International Directory of Services of Environmental Information 反恐信息和援助来源目录 反恐信息和援助來源目錄 Directory of Counter-Terrorism Information and Sources of Assistance 联合国通用通讯录 聯合國通用通訊錄 lián hé guó tòng yòng tòng xùn lù United Nations common directory 职业分类和职业名称目录 職業分類和職業名稱目錄 Classification of Occupations and Directory of Occupational Titles 航运、港口和多式联运技术合作服务目录 航運、港口和多式聯運技術合作服務目錄 Directory of Services for Technical Cooperation in Shipping, Ports and Multimodal Transport 联合国贸易数据要素目录 聯合國貿易數據要素目錄 United Nations Trade Data Elements Directory 贸易促进组织和其他外贸机构世界名录 貿易促進組織和其他外貿機構世界名錄 World Directory of Trade Promotion Organizations and Other Foreign Trade Bodies 空间科学和技术信息系统名录 空間科學和技術信息系統名錄 Directory of Information Systems on Space Science and Technology 发展中国家间技术合作服务目录 發展中國家間技術合作服務目錄 Directory of Services for Technical Cooperation among Developing Countries 世界人权教学和研究机构名录 世界人權教學和研究機構名錄 World Directory of Human Rights Teaching and Research Institutions 森林领域国际和区域组织名录 森林領域國際和區域組織名錄 Directory of forest-related international and regional organizations 国际食物摄取指南 國際食物攝取指南 International Food Intake Directory 世界和平研究和训练机构名录 世界和平研究和訓練機構名錄 World Directory of Peace Research and Training Institutions 紧急反应干事名录 緊急反應幹事名錄 Directory of Emergency Response Officers 南极总目录 南極總目錄 Antarctic Master Directory 