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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
to take root
HSK 7-9
stub
Michigan, US state (Tw)
a falling leaf returns to the roots (idiom); everything has its ancestral home / In old age, an expatriate longs to return home.
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
to cure completely
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
(math.) conjugate surd
acetyl radical CH3COO-
hydroxide radical (-OH)
(lit. and fig.) to uproot
to gossip / to argue unnecessarily
(mainly used in the negative) in the first place; absolutely; simply
root of tooth
a double root of an equation
square root
foot of a wall
indigo woad root / root of Isatis tinctoria (used in TCM)
Copenhagen or København, capital of Denmark
(math.) root (as in "fourth root (∜)", 4次方根)
sections of a city close to the city wall
foot of a hill or mountain / (physiognomy) root of the nose (between the eyes)
fibrous root
(attributive) vegan
Taiwan equivalent of 里根
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
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
(linguistics) root
(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)
Morgan (name)
to take root
negative ion / acid radical
perennial root (botany)
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)
reed rhizome (used in TCM)
Hakone, city on the east coast of Japan southwest of Tokyo
air plant (Bryophyllum pinnatum) / to put down roots
(finance) money supply
lateral root (botany)
to seek one's roots / to get to the bottom of a matter
cube root (math.)
ipecac
aerial root (botany)
to eavesdrop / to listen in secret to sb's conversations
Scheveningen, resort in Den Haag (The Hague), Netherlands
Morgan (name)
lit. to dig up the root / to get to the heart of (the matter)
(math.) root of unity
tuber of the kudzu vine (Pueraria lobata), used in Chinese medicine
(literary) idiot
a strand of hair / pipe cleaner
lit. cut grass and pull out roots (idiom); fig. to destroy root and branch / to eradicate
tree roots
grass roots (lit. and fig.)
Reagan (name) / Ronald Reagan (1911-2004), US president (1981-1989)
surd (math.)
real root (of a polynomial)
penis
chameleon plant; fish mint (Houttuynia cordata), esp. its edible rhizome
Groningen, province and city in the Netherlands
ticket stub
underlying cause of poverty
root of tooth
An Jung-geun or Ahn Joong-keun (1879-1910), Korean independence activist, famous as assassin of Japanese prime minister ITŌ Hirobumi 伊藤博文 in 1909
horseradish
to trace sth back to its source / to get to the bottom of sth
Harlingen, the Netherlands
root tuber / tuberous root
the root cause (of evil) / bane (Buddhism)
the innermost depths of one's heart / (Buddhism) manas (the mind)
Francis Bacon (1561-1626), English Renaissance philosopher and early scientist
Erlangen (town in Bavaria)
short-stem Ardisia (Ardisia brevicaulis)
back of tongue / tongue root / dorsal
root of the trouble / cause of the ruin
Thuringia (state in Germany)
succulent root (botany)
taproot (main root growing vertically down)
variant of 腳跟|脚跟


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