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归根结柢

guī gēn jié dǐ

4-character word Traditional 歸根結柢

What 归根结柢 means

1. variant of {归根结底|guī gēn jié dǐ}

The characters in 归根结柢

• 归guīto return; to go back to; to give back to
• 根gēnroot; basis; classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings
• 结jiéknot; sturdy; bond
• 柢dǐfoundation; root

Sounds the same

Read guī gēn jié dǐ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 归根结底in the final analysis; ultimately

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