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Open the tool →拔本塞源 (bá běn sè yuán) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to eliminate a problem by destroying its root cause”.
拔本塞源 is pronounced bá běn sè yuán in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 拔本塞源 means “to pull out the roots and block the source”. It is used to mean “to eliminate a problem by destroying its root cause”.
本:根本,根源。拔起树根,塞住水源。比喻防患除害要从根本上打主意。