inquire deeply into
After all, the Chinese idiom, pronounced x ú ng ē NJI ū D ǐ, means to ask the cause of a thing. From a dream of Red Mansions.
Idiom explanation
Research: carefully deduce and trace. Background: details, source or inside information. We should find out the source, find out the details and find out the origin.
The origin of Idioms
(1) If you search for the bottom of the matter like this, you will find it hard to find a way out. The 120th chapter of a dream of Red Mansions by Cao Xueqin in Qing Dynasty
Idioms and allusions
Granny Liu went to visit her relatives in the Grand View Garden. The Jia's mother and Sister Feng stayed with her for a few days. They held a banquet and asked granny Liu to tell some anecdotes about the countryside. Granny Liu talks about a miss Mingyu who became an immortal after she died at the age of 17. Local people built a temple for her. Baoyu wants to get to the bottom of the matter and send Mingyan to the village to check.
inquire deeply into
keep to the concept of all-time preparedness - cháng bèi bù xiè
cicadas chill and drearily shrill - hán chán qī qiè
to preserve or to ruin cannot be foretold - cún wáng wèi bǔ