打破砂锅问到底 in English da3 po4 sha1 guo1 wen4 dao4 di3 Meaning

Meanings

  • to go to the bottom of things (idiomatic expression)

Simplified Characters

打 破 砂 锅 问 到 底

Traditional Characters

打 破 砂 鍋 問 到 底

Pinyin

da3 po4 sha1 guo1 wen4 dao4 di3

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

打da3dozen (loanword) 破po4broken 砂sha1sand 锅guo1pot 问wen4to ask 到dao4to (a place) 底di3(equivalent to 的 as possessive particle)