reform from the bottom
This is a Chinese idiom. Its pinyin is zh è NGB ě NCH é ngyu á n. It means to rectify fundamentally and clean up from the source. The metaphor is to rectify and clean up fundamentally. It comes from Gaozu Ji, an old book of Tang Dynasty.
The origin of Idioms
Gaozu Ji in the old book of Tang Dynasty: "if you want to distinguish between jade and stone, you should choose sand to eliminate it."
Idiom usage
Used as predicate, object, attribute; used in dealing with affairs. From the book of spring and autumn, we can know the meaning of. The book of spring and autumn and Ming Dynasty by Liu Ji of Ming Dynasty
reform from the bottom
Failure is the mother of success - shī bài wéi chéng gōng zhī mǔ
part company each going his own way - fēn lù yáng biāo
not of imposing stature but strong and capable - duǎn xiǎo jīng hàn
unable to distinguish black from white - bù fēn zào bái
have no place too ashamed to show one 's face - wú dì zì cuò