推本溯源

tuī běn sù yuán

Meaning

to go back to the source

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推tuīto push; to expel; to drive; to decline扌隹本běnroot, origin, source; basis木一溯sùto paddle upstream, to go against the current; to trace the source; formerly氵朔源yuánspring; source, root, head; surname氵原