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病根子

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Collocation

1
除掉病根子
2
找到病根子
3
病根子是……
4
病根子在于……
5
……的病根子

Definition

病根子:

Literally means:

lingering disease

Actually means:

It figuratively refers to the ultimate cause of a problem.

比喻问题的根本原因。

Example

Used as subject or object. (作主语、宾语)
1
rènwéi
认为
  
,
duō
许多
mínyíng
民营
企业
de
bìng
gēn
根子
jiù
zài
在于
quē
缺乏
xiàndàihuà
现代化
guǎn
管理
shǒuduàn
手段
  

He believes that the root cause of many private enterprises lies in the lack of modern management tools.

2
duì
men
我们
miànlín
面临
de
kùnjìng
困境
suǒ
zuò
de
fēn
分析
shí
fēn
tòuchè
透彻
  
,
zhēnzhèng
真正
shuō
dào
liǎo
bìng
gēn
根子
shàng
le
  

His analysis of the difficult situation we face is very thorough and really comes to the root of the disease.

3
men
他们
shībài
失败
liǎo
què
cóng
自己
shēnshàng
身上
zhǎo
bìng
gēn
根子
  
,
ér
suǒyǒu
所有
de
shībài
失败
dōu
guī
wéi
wài
外部
yīn
因素
  

They fail without finding the root cause of their own failure, and classify all failures as external factors.