strike at the root of the trouble

strike at the root of the trouble

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is ch ō UX ī nzh ǐ f è I, which means to drain the firewood under the pot, so that the water in the pot does not boil; metaphor fundamentally solves the problem. It's from Shanghe Jinshu.

Idiom explanation

Salary: firewood; boiling: boiling.

The origin of Idioms

In Dong Zhuo's shanghejinshu, Han Dynasty, it is said that "it is better to put out the fire and get rid of the salary when the minister hears that the soup is boiling."

Idiom usage

It is a basic solution to the problem. Cut the grass and root. Wei Shou's judgment of Liang Dynasty for Hou Jing in the Northern Qi Dynasty