"roots" Chinese-English Dictionary

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
茹	rú	to eat / (extended meaning) to endure / putrid smell / vegetables / roots (inextricably attached to the plant)	syn
根须根鬚	gēn xū	roots	syn

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
忘本	wàng běn	to forget one's roots	syn
基层组织基層組織	jī céng zǔ zhī	grass-roots organization
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
草根	cǎo gēn	grass roots (lit. and fig.)
回老家	huí lǎo jiā	to go back to one's roots / to return to one's native place / by ext. to join one's ancestors (i.e. to die)	syn
树根樹根	shù gēn	tree roots	syn
寻根尋根	xún gēn	to seek one's roots / to get to the bottom of a matter
除根	chú gēn	to root out / to eliminate the roots / to cure once and for all	syn
远志遠志	yuǎn zhì	far-reaching ambition / lofty ideal / milkwort (Polygala myrtifolia), with roots used in Chinese medicine	syn
归根歸根	guī gēn	to return home (after a lifetime's absence) / to go back to one's roots
盘根错节盤根錯節	pán gēn cuò jié	twisted roots and intertwined joints (idiom) / complicated and very tricky / knotty and deeply-rooted difficulties	syn
苦参苦參	kǔ shēn	liquorice (Sophora flavescens), with roots used in TCM	syn
紫草	zǐ cǎo	red root gromwell (Lithospermum erythrorhizon) / flowering plant whose roots provide purple dye / arnebia (plant genus in family Boraginaceae)
叶落归根葉落歸根	yè luò guī gēn	a falling leaf returns to the roots (idiom) / everything has its ancestral home / In old age, an expatriate longs to return home.	syn
根深叶茂根深葉茂	gēn shēn yè mào	deep roots and vigorous foliage (idiom) / (fig.) well established and growing strongly	syn
壅	yōng	to obstruct / to stop up / to heap soil around the roots of a plant
荄	gāi	roots of plant
刨根问底刨根問底	páo gēn wèn dǐ	to dig up roots and inquire at the base (idiom) / to get to the bottom of sth	syn
追根问底追根問底	zhuī gēn wèn dǐ	lit. to examine roots and inquire at the base (idiom) / to get to the bottom of sth	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
拔毛连茹拔毛連茹	bá máo lián rú	lit. pull up a plant and the roots follow (idiom) / fig. also involving others / inextricably tangled together / Invite one and he'll tell all his friends.
数典忘祖數典忘祖	shǔ diǎn wàng zǔ	to recount history but omit one's ancestors (idiom) / to forget one's roots	syn
盘根问底盤根問底	pán gēn wèn dǐ	lit. to examine roots and inquire at the base (idiom) / to get to the bottom of sth
盘根究底盤根究底	pán gēn jiū dǐ	lit. to examine roots and inquire at the base (idiom) / to get to the bottom of sth	syn
落叶归根落葉歸根	luò yè guī gēn	lit. a falling leaf returns to the roots (idiom) / fig. all things go back to their source eventually / in old age, an expatriate returns home	syn
藕断丝连藕斷絲連	ǒu duàn sī lián	lit. lotus roots may break, but the fiber remains joined (idiom) / lovers part, but still long for one another
询根问底詢根問底	xún gēn wèn dǐ	lit. to examine roots and inquire at the base (idiom) / to get to the bottom of sth
追根求源	zhuī gēn qiú yuán	to track sth to its roots
落地生根	luò dì shēng gēn	air plant (Bryophyllum pinnatum) / to put down roots
蔉	gǔn	to bank up the roots of plants
判别式判別式	pàn bié shì	(math.) discriminant (e.g. b²-4ac in the formula for the roots of a quadratic equation)
寻根问底尋根問底	xún gēn wèn dǐ	lit. to examine roots and inquire at the base (idiom) / to get to the bottom of sth
小花远志小花遠志	xiǎo huā yuǎn zhì	small-flowered milkwort (Polygala arvensis Willd. or P. telephioides), with roots used in Chinese medicine
拔茅茹	bá máo rú	lit. pull up a plant and the roots follow / fig. also involving others / inextricably tangled together / Invite one and he'll tell all his friends.
拔茅连茹拔茅連茹	bá máo lián rú	lit. pull up a plant and the roots follow (idiom) / fig. also involving others / inextricably tangled together / Invite one and he'll tell all his friends.
盘错盤錯	pán cuò	intertwined (of tree roots or branches) / fig. an intricate matter
芿	rèng	weeds that regrow from cut-down roots
蕠藘	rú lǘ	variant of 茹藘, Rubia cordifolia or Rubia akane, roots used as red dye
向基层主动行动提供组织和合作支助		Organizational and Cooperative Support to Grass-roots Initiatives
基层组织计划支助基金		Grass-roots Initiatives Support Fund
基层行动基層行動		grass-roots action
南亚基层体制发展方桉南亞基層體制發展方案		South Asian Programme on Institutional Development at the Grass-roots Level
基层社区发展基層社區發展		grass-roots community development
非洲基层发展专题讨论会非洲基層發展專題討論會		Inter-African Symposium on Grass-roots Development
区域茎块作物讲习班區域莖塊作物講習班		Regional Workshop on Roots and Tubers
基层民主基層民主	jī céng mín zhǔ	grass-roots democracy
基层举措基層舉措		grass-roots efforts
树高千丈，叶落归根樹高千丈，葉落歸根	shù gāo qiān zhàng , yè luò guī gēn	fig. a tree may grow a thousand zhang high, but its leaves return to their roots (proverb) / fig. everything has its ancestral home / in old age, an expatriate returns home
草民	cǎo mín	the grass roots / the hoi polloi
连根拔連根拔	lián gēn bá	to pull up by the roots / to uproot
同宗同源	tóng zōng tóng yuán	to share the same origins / to have common roots
根插	gēn chā	to plant roots / to propagate from root cuttings

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"roots" Chinese-English Dictionary

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