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根深蒂固 (gan1 sam1 dai3 gu3) — deepseated; deep-rooted; entrenched; inveterate; deeply ingrained; firmly planted in Cantonese

ganˉ¹根samˉ¹深dai˗₃蒂gu˗₃固
Mandarin Pinyin: gen1 shen1 di4 gu4

Meaning of 根深蒂固

noundeepseated; deep-rooted; entrenched; inveterate; deeply ingrained; firmly planted

Characters in 根深蒂固

根gan1
radical
深sam1
profound; mysterious; difficult; abstruse
蒂dai3
(cigarette) butt; end; stub
固gu3
originally; admittedly; as a matter of course

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