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Dictionary - results for roots

SimplifiedTraditionalPinyinEnglish
gēn- roots
běn- roots or stems of plants
- origin
- source
- this
- the current
- root
- foundation
- basis
- classifier for books, periodicals, files etc
- originally
rèng- weeds that regrow from cut-down roots
- to eat
- (extended meaning) to endure
- putrid smell
- vegetables
- roots (inextricably attached to the plant)
gāi- roots of plant
wàngběn- to forget one's roots
shùgēn- tree roots
guīgēn- to return home (after a lifetime's absence)
- to go back to one's roots
cǎomín- the grass roots
- the hoi polloi
chúgēn- to root out
- to eliminate the roots
- to cure once and for all
gēn- fibrous roots
huílǎojiā- to go back to one's roots
- to return to one's native place
- by ext. to join one's ancestors (i.e. to die)
liángēn- to pull up by the roots
- to uproot
shǔdiǎnwàng- to recount history but omit one's ancestors (idiom); to forget one's roots
luòshēnggēn- air plant (Bryophyllum pinnatum)
- to put down roots
zhuīgēnqiúyuán- to track sth to its roots

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