打破砂鍋問到底

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Chinese

to break; to smash clay pot to ask
actually; exactly; are or are not
 
trad. (打破砂鍋問到底) 打破 砂鍋 到底
simp. (打破砂锅问到底) 打破 砂锅 到底
alternative forms 打破沙鍋問到底打破沙锅问到底
打破砂鍋璺到底打破砂锅璺到底
打破沙鍋璺到底打破沙锅璺到底
Literally: “to break the clay pot and ask (crack) to the bottom”.

Etymology

A pun based on the homophony of (wèn, “crack”) and (wèn, “to ask”).

Pronunciation


Idiom

打破砂鍋問到底

  1. to keep asking questions to get to the bottom of something

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