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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
fundamental / basic / root / simply / absolutely (not) / (not) at all / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
according to / based on / basis / foundation / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
fundamental law / body of basic laws
to take root
HSK 7-9
to be rooted to / to take root in
stub
hydroxide ion OH-
Michigan, US state (Tw)
foundation
HSK 7-9
a falling leaf returns to the roots (idiom); everything has its ancestral home / In old age, an expatriate longs to return home.
factual basis
deep-rooted (problem etc)
HSK 7-9
to bring under permanent control / to effect a radical cure
HSK 7-9
to take root / to establish a base
to cut weeds and eliminate the roots (idiom); to destroy root and branch / to eliminate completely
HSK 7-9
origin / root (cause)
HSK 7-9
Michigan, US state (Tw)
to cure completely
University of Michigan
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
after all / in the final analysis / ultimately
HSK 7-9
(math.) conjugate surd
acetyl radical CH3COO-
hydroxide radical (-OH)
(lit. and fig.) to uproot
to get to the heart of the matter
to gossip / to argue unnecessarily
(loanword) pecan
ultimately / in the final analysis / after all / when all is said and done
Guggenheim (name)
(mainly used in the negative) in the first place; absolutely; simply
lit. to examine roots and inquire at the base (idiom); to get to the bottom of sth
to track sth to its roots
root of tooth
(linguistics) analytic language
a double root of an equation
one's true nature (Buddhism)
to eradicate
(idiom) in the final analysis
square root
foot of a wall
to pursue sth back to its origins / to trace back to the source / to get to the bottom of sth
indigo woad root / root of Isatis tinctoria (used in TCM)
roots
Copenhagen or København, capital of Denmark
(math.) root (as in "fourth root (∜)", 4次方根)
grassroots netizens
Argentina
sections of a city close to the city wall
foot of a hill or mountain / (physiognomy) root of the nose (between the eyes)
deep roots and vigorous foliage (idiom) / (fig.) well established and growing strongly
in the final analysis / ultimately
fibrous root
to eradicate
(attributive) vegan
Taiwan equivalent of 里根
root system
to root out / to eliminate the roots / to cure once and for all
base of the ear / ear / (Buddhism) sense of hearing
an incompletely cured illness / an old complaint / the root cause of trouble
radical sign √ (math.)
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)
lit. to examine roots and inquire at the base (idiom); to get to the bottom of sth
see 命根
the Schengen area, a passport-free zone in Europe
Wittgenstein (name) / Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951), Austrian-British philosopher
(linguistics) root
an only child
(loanword) bacon
Francis Bacon (1561-1626), English Renaissance philosopher and early scientist
Getting Home, 2007 PRC comedy-drama film directed by 張揚|张扬, starring 趙本山|赵本山
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
Heineken (Dutch brewing company) / see also 喜力
Jurgen (name)
(botany) rhizome
Michigan, US state
Lake Michigan, one of the Great Lakes 五大湖
Morgan (name)
root / foundation
to investigate (sth) thoroughly / to get to the bottom of
Urgench, city in Uzbekistan
to take root
negative ion / acid radical
perennial root (botany)
Morgan Stanley (financial services company)
base of operations
at the base / at the root / (of a leg) just below the crutch
Bergen
component of a Chinese character / (linguistics) word root; etymon
branching root / rootlet
to return home (after a lifetime's absence) / to go back to one's roots
aerial root (botany)
lit. to examine roots and inquire at the base (idiom); to get to the bottom of sth

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