根
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Definitions
- 1. root
- 2. basis
- 3. classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings
- 4. radical (chemistry)
Words Containing 根
to take root
to cut weeds and eliminate the roots (idiom); to destroy root and branch
foundation
according to
fundamental
to bring under permanent control
deep-rooted (problem etc)
origin
after all
stubborn
see 一條繩上的螞蚱|一条绳上的蚂蚱[yī tiáo shéng shàng de mà zha]
surd (math.)
acetyl radical CH3COO-
factual basis
a double root of an equation
lateral root (botany)
conjugate surd (math.)
conjugate surd (math.)
lit. to dig up the root
to dig up roots and inquire at the base (idiom); to get to the bottom of sth
lit. cut grass and pull out roots (idiom); fig. to destroy root and branch
Bergen
to cure completely
Guggenheim (name)
Guggenheim (name)
Guggenheim Aeronautical Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology (GALCIT, from 1926)
ipecac
(literary) idiot
lifeblood
see 命根[mìng gēn]
see 咬緊牙關|咬紧牙关[yǎo jǐn yá guān]
see 咬緊牙關|咬紧牙关[yǎo jǐn yá guān]
Häagen-Dazs
Harlingen, the Netherlands
Copenhagen or København, capital of Denmark
(math.) root of unity
an only child
to gossip
Thuringia (state in Germany)
Erlangen (town in Bavaria)
Felix Klein's Erlangen program (1872) on geometry and group theory
sections of a city close to the city wall
bacon (loanword)
root tuber
the straw that broke the camel’s back (idiom)
Cymbidium macrorrhizum Lindl.
component of a Chinese character
stem compound
common coding for components of Chinese character
stub
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[yī téng bó wén] in 1909
perennial root (botany)
Michigan, US state
University of Michigan
Michigan, US state
Lake Michigan, one of the Great Lakes 五大湖[wǔ dà hú]
real root (of a polynomial)
to seek one's roots
lit. to examine roots and inquire at the base (idiom); to get to the bottom of sth
see 追根溯源[zhuī gēn sù yuán]
(coll.) dim-witted
Scheveningen, resort in Den Haag (The Hague), Netherlands
square root
Francis Bacon (1561-1626), English Renaissance philosopher and early scientist
the innermost depths of one's heart
Eriugena, John Scottus (c. 810-880) Irish poet, theologian, and philosopher of Neoplatonism
(lit. and fig.) to uproot
lit. a hair plucked from (person A) would be thicker than (person B)'s waist (idiom)
Morgan (name)
Morgan Freeman, American actor
Morgan Stanley (financial services company)
Morgan (name)
branching root
(math.) root (as in \fourth root (∜)\, 4次方根[sì cì fāng gēn])
indigo woad root
foundation
surd (math.)
one's true nature (Buddhism)
base of operations
according to provisions
fundamental law
root
root beer
Genhe, county-level city, Mongolian Gegeen-gol xot, in Hulunbuir 呼倫貝爾|呼伦贝尔[hū lún bèi ěr], Inner Mongolia
Genhe, county-level city, Mongolian Gegeen-gol xot, in Hulunbuir 呼倫貝爾|呼伦贝尔[hū lún bèi ěr], Inner Mongolia
deep roots and vigorous foliage (idiom)
Ghent, city in Belgium
rhizome (biol.)
the whys and the wherefores
to investigate (sth) thoroughly
root canal therapy (dentistry)
root system
to eradicate
stubble
stolon
radical sign √ (math.)
Guernsey (Channel Islands)
to eradicate
root of chord
roots
Groningen, province and city in the Netherlands
to take root
to be rooted to
the root cause (of evil)
tree roots
see 樹高千丈，葉落歸根|树高千丈，叶落归根[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)
to return home (after a lifetime's absence)
(idiom) in the final analysis
in the final analysis
ultimately
a strand of hair
aerial root (botany)
aerial root (botany)
hydroxide radical (-OH)
hydroxide ion OH-
Francis Bacon (1561-1626), English Renaissance philosopher and early scientist
Heineken (Dutch brewing company)
Urgench, city in Uzbekistan
foot of a wall
root of tooth
to take root
Schengen, village in Luxemburg, location of the 1985 signing of the agreement to create the Schengen area 申根區|申根区[shēn gēn qū]
the Schengen area, a passport-free zone in Europe
penis
an incompletely cured illness
lit. to examine roots and inquire at the base (idiom); to get to the bottom of sth
lit. to examine roots and inquire at the base (idiom); to get to the bottom of sth
twisted roots and intertwined joints (idiom); complicated and very tricky
taproot (main root growing vertically down)
short-stem Ardisia (Ardisia brevicaulis)
ticket stub
root of the trouble
to trace something to its source (idiom)
cube root (math.)
who do (you) think (you) are?
Hakone, city on the east coast of Japan southwest of Tokyo
Jurgen (name)
Wittgenstein (name)
base of the ear
ear
credulous
lit. ears pure and peaceful (idiom)
credulous
to eavesdrop
succulent root (botany)
back of tongue
underlying cause of poverty
grass roots (lit. and fig.)
grassroots netizens
air plant (Bryophyllum pinnatum)
Getting Home, 2007 PRC comedy-drama film directed by 張揚|张扬[zhāng yáng], starring 趙本山|赵本山[zhào běn shān]
a falling leaf returns to the roots (idiom); everything has its ancestral home
(linguistics) root
(linguistics) analytic language
lit. to examine roots and inquire at the base (idiom); to get to the bottom of sth
horseradish
to trace sth back to its source
lit. to examine roots and inquire at the base (idiom); to get to the bottom of sth
see 追根究底[zhuī gēn jiū dǐ]
to track sth to its roots
to pursue sth back to its origins
to get to the heart of the matter
to pull up by the roots
negative ion
Reagan (name)
money market
Argentina
to root out
Taiwan equivalent of 里根[lǐ gēn]
fibrous roots
vetiver grass (Vetiveria zizanoides)
at the base
root of tooth