get to the bottom of
Chinese idiom, Pinyin is x ú ng ē NW è nd ǐ, which means to ask about the details of a matter and get to the bottom of it. It's from Yang Shuo's snowflake floating.
The origin of Idioms
Yang Shuo's "floating snow": "my mother said," if you ask me, who should I ask? Don't always worry about the old problem, the inquisitive and the pursuer. "
Idiom usage
As a predicate, an object, an attribute
Analysis of Idioms
Searching for the root
get to the bottom of
There is no way to heaven, no way to earth - shàng tiān wú lù,rù dì wú mén
cherish the old and care for the poor - xī lǎo lián pín
behaving stealthily like a thief - zéi tóu gǒu nǎo