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  *根* | 根* | *根
root / basis / classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings / CL: 條|条 / radical (chemistry)
HSK 4
according to / based on / basis / foundation / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
fundamental / basic / root / simply / absolutely (not) / (not) at all / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
factual basis
fundamental law / body of basic laws
ultimately / in the final analysis / after all / when all is said and done
to take root
HSK 7-9
(mainly used in the negative) in the first place; absolutely; simply
Häagen-Dazs
stub
to cut weeds and eliminate the roots (idiom); to destroy root and branch / to eliminate completely
HSK 7-9
Michigan, US state (Tw)
foundation
HSK 7-9
to be rooted to / to take root in
deep-rooted (problem etc)
HSK 7-9
to bring under permanent control / to effect a radical cure
HSK 7-9
to dig up roots and inquire at the base (idiom); to get to the bottom of sth
(linguistics) analytic language
to take root / to establish a base
after all / in the final analysis / ultimately
HSK 7-9
tree roots
origin / root (cause)
HSK 7-9
Michigan, US state (Tw)
to cure completely
base of operations
lit. to examine roots and inquire at the base (idiom); to get to the bottom of sth
(botany) rhizome
acetyl radical CH3COO-
(lit. and fig.) to uproot
lit. to examine roots and inquire at the base (idiom); to get to the bottom of sth
to get to the heart of the matter
to gossip / to argue unnecessarily
rhizome (biol.) / root stock
(loanword) pecan
succulent root (botany)
fibrous root
Guggenheim (name)
Francis Bacon (1561-1626), English Renaissance philosopher and early scientist
to track sth to its roots
root of tooth
the Schengen area, a passport-free zone in Europe
a falling leaf returns to the roots (idiom); everything has its ancestral home / In old age, an expatriate longs to return home.
a double root of an equation
the straw that broke the camel’s back (idiom) / the final straw
one's true nature (Buddhism)
to eradicate
credulous
square root
foot of a wall
lit. to examine roots and inquire at the base (idiom); to get to the bottom of sth
to pursue sth back to its origins / to trace back to the source / to get to the bottom of sth
root of the trouble / cause of the ruin
Copenhagen or København, capital of Denmark
(math.) root (as in "fourth root (∜)", 4次方根)
Argentina
sections of a city close to the city wall
foot of a hill or mountain / (physiognomy) root of the nose (between the eyes)
who do (you) think (you) are? / who does (he, she etc) think (he, she) is?
to eradicate
Urgench, city in Uzbekistan
(attributive) vegan
Taiwan equivalent of 里根
an only child
root system
to root out / to eliminate the roots / to cure once and for all
base of the ear / ear / (Buddhism) sense of hearing
Guernsey (Channel Islands)
an incompletely cured illness / an old complaint / the root cause of trouble
short-stem Ardisia (Ardisia brevicaulis)
lifeblood / the thing that one cherishes most in life / (coll.) family jewels (male genitals)
Michigan, US state
Schengen, village in Luxemburg, location of the 1985 signing of the agreement to create the Schengen area 申根區|申根区
to trace something to its source (idiom)
reed rhizome (used in TCM)
at the base / at the root / (of a leg) just below the crutch
Erlangen (town in Bavaria)
deep roots and vigorous foliage (idiom) / (fig.) well established and growing strongly
see 命根
Thuringia (state in Germany)
(loanword) bacon
surd (math.)
Heineken (Dutch brewing company) / see also 喜力
root of tooth
(math.) root of unity
Michigan, US state
Lake Michigan, one of the Great Lakes 五大湖
Morgan (name)
indigo woad root / root of Isatis tinctoria (used in TCM)
root / foundation
to investigate (sth) thoroughly / to get to the bottom of
to take root
lit. to examine roots and inquire at the base (idiom); to get to the bottom of sth
negative ion / acid radical
perennial root (botany)
Morgan Stanley (financial services company)
component of a Chinese character / (linguistics) word root; etymon
Scheveningen, resort in Den Haag (The Hague), Netherlands

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