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"to root out" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
铲除 剷除 chǎn chú to root out / to eradicate / to sweep away / to abolish syn
除根 chú gēn to root out / to eliminate the roots / to cure once and for all syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation
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
淘汰 táo tài to wash out / (fig.) to cull / to weed out / to eliminate / to die out / to phase out syn
发出 發出 fā chū to issue (an order, decree etc) / to send out / to dispatch / to produce (a sound) / to let out (a laugh) syn
出局 chū jú (of a batter) to be put out (in baseball) / to be dismissed (in cricket) / (of a player or team) to be eliminated from a competition / (fig.) to be weeded out / to get the chop (in a competitive environment)
整理 zhěng lǐ to arrange / to tidy up / to sort out / to straighten out / to list systematically / to collate (data, files) / to pack (luggage) syn
爆发 爆發 bào fā to break out / to erupt / to explode / to burst out syn
展开 展開 zhǎn kāi to unfold / to spread out / to open up / to launch / to carry out syn
着手 著手 zhuó shǒu to put one's hand to it / to start out on a task / to set out 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
取出 qǔ chū to take out / to extract / to draw out
百分之百 bǎi fēn zhī bǎi a hundred percent / out and out / absolutely syn
透顶 透頂 tòu dǐng out-and-out / thoroughly syn
漏掉 lòu diào to miss / to leave out / to omit / to be omitted / to be missing / to slip through / to leak out / to seep away syn
出头 出頭 chū tóu to get out of a predicament / to stick out / to take the initiative / remaining odd fraction after a division / a little more than syn
伸手 shēn shǒu to reach out with one's hand / to hold out a hand / (fig.) to beg / to get involved / to meddle syn
偏偏 piān piān (indicating that sth turns out just the opposite of what one would wish) unfortunately / as it happened / (indicating that sth is the opposite of what would be normal or reasonable) stubbornly / contrarily / against reason / (indicating that sb or a group is singled out) precisely / only / of all people syn
彻头彻尾 徹頭徹尾 chè tóu chè wěi lit. from head to tail (idiom) / thoroughgoing / through and through / out and out / from top to bottom syn
熄灭 熄滅 xī miè to stop burning / to go out (of fire) / to die out / extinguished syn
半死 bàn sǐ half dead (of torment, hunger, tiredness etc) / (tired) to death / (terrified) out of one's wits / (beaten) to within an inch of one's life / (knock) the daylights out of sb syn
平方 píng fāng square (as in square foot, square mile, square root)
试探 試探 shì tàn to sound out / to probe / to feel out / to try out syn
挤出 擠出 jǐ chū to squeeze out / to extrude / to drain / to find the time / to burst out syn
倾倒 傾倒 qīng dào to dump / to pour out / to empty out syn
江湖 jiāng hú rivers and lakes / all corners of the country / remote areas to which hermits retreat / section of society operating independently of mainstream society, out of reach of the law / the milieu in which wuxia tales play out (cf. 武俠|武侠[wu3xia2]) / (in late imperial times) world of traveling merchants, itinerant doctors, fortune tellers etc / demimonde / (in modern times) triads / secret gangster societies / underworld syn
根源 gēn yuán origin / root (cause) syn
出炉 出爐 chū lú to take out of the furnace / fresh out of the oven / fig. newly announced / recently made available
熄灯 熄燈 xī dēng turn out the lights / lights out
标本 標本 biāo běn specimen / sample / the root cause and symptoms of a disease
不合 bù hé to not conform to / to be unsuited to / to be out of keeping with / should not / ought out syn
熄火 xī huǒ (of fire, lamp etc) to go out / to put out (fire) / (fig.) to die down / (of a vehicle) to stall
不折不扣 bù zhé bù kòu a hundred percent / to the letter / out-and-out syn
放风 放風 fàng fēng to allow in fresh air / to allow a prisoner out for exercise / to give out information syn
下体 下體 xià tǐ lower body / euphemism for genitals / root and stem of plants syn
舒展 shū zhǎn to roll out / to extend / to smooth out / to unfold syn
甘草 gān cǎo licorice root
叫唤 叫喚 jiào huan to cry out / to bark out a sound syn
扎根 zhā gēn to take root
理顺 理順 lǐ shùn to straighten out / to sort out / to organize syn
涌出 湧出 yǒng chū to gush / to gush out / to pour out 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
平方根 píng fāng gēn square root
拿出 ná chū to take out / to put out / to provide / to put forward (a proposal) / to come up with (evidence) syn
助阵 助陣 zhù zhèn to cheer / to root for
拉平 lā píng to bring to the same level / to even up / to flare out / to flatten out syn
呕心沥血 嘔心瀝血 ǒu xīn lì xuè lit. to spit out one's heart and spill blood (idiom) / to work one's heart out / blood, sweat and tears syn
在野 zài yě to be out of (political) office / to be out of power syn
祸根 禍根 huò gēn root of the trouble / cause of the ruin syn
开挖 開挖 kāi wā to dig out / to excavate / to scoop out / to start digging 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
治本 zhì běn to tackle a problem at its root / to effect a permanent solution (contrasted with 治標|治标[zhi4biao1]) syn
知难而退 知難而退 zhī nán ér tuì lit. to sound out the difficulties and retreat to avoid defeat (idiom) / fig. to back out of an awkward situation / to get out on finding out what it's really like syn
脱销 脫銷 tuō xiāo to sell out / to run out (of supplies) / deficient / lack of supplies syn
出笼 出籠 chū lóng (of food) to be taken out of the steamer / (fig.) (often used with 紛紛|纷纷[fen1 fen1]) (of products, information etc) to appear / to emerge / to come out / (fig.) to dump / to inundate the market
治标 治標 zhì biāo to treat only the symptoms but not the root cause
万人空巷 萬人空巷 wàn rén kōng xiàng the multitudes come out from everywhere, emptying every alleyway (to celebrate) / the whole town turns out syn
赤膊上阵 赤膊上陣 chì bó shàng zhèn lit. to go into battle bare-breasted (idiom) / fig. to go all out / to come out in the open syn
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
开票 開票 kāi piào to open ballot boxes / to count votes / to make out a voucher or invoice etc / to write out a receipt
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
开方 開方 kāi fāng (medicine) to write out a prescription / (math.) to extract a root from a given quantity
冬笋 冬筍 dōng sǔn winter bamboo shoots (smaller and tenderer as a result of being dug out before they come out of the soil) syn
点题 點題 diǎn tí to bring out the main theme / to make the point / to bring out the substance concisely
掏出 tāo chū to fish out / to take out (from a pocket, bag etc)
想出 xiǎng chū to figure out / to work out (a solution etc) / to think up / to come up with (an idea etc)
喷出 噴出 pēn chū spout / spray / belch / to well up / to puff out / to spurt out
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
发飙 發飆 fā biāo to flip out / to act out violently
黄芪 黃芪 huáng qí huangqi / milk vetch root (used in TCM) / Astragalus membranaceus or Astragalus mongholicus
打爆 dǎ bào to blow out / to blow off / (computer games) to zap / (phone) to ring off the hook / to be jammed / to max out (credit card etc)
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
寻出 尋出 xún chū to find out / to search out / to uncover / to discover
售罄 shòu qìng to be completely sold out / to sell out syn
断档 斷檔 duàn dàng sold out / to be out of stock
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)
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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