Definitions

1. 1. to take radical measures
2. 2. to get to the root (of a problem etc)

Components

• 治 zhì – to rule
• 本 běn – root

Related Words

• 治标不治本 zhì biāo bù zhì běn – to treat the symptoms but not the root cause
• 格林尼治本初子午线 Gé lín ní zhì běn chū zǐ wǔ xiàn – PN:the Greenwich meridian

Word Lists

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