Idioms linked to “뿌리”

Linked dictionary entry: 뿌리

Dictionary entry ID: 435440

Word definition (Korean): 식물의 밑동으로서 보통 땅속에 묻히거나 다른 물체에 박혀 수분과 양분을 빨아올리고 줄기를 지탱하는 작용을 하는 기관. 양치류 이상의 고등 식물에 있는데 주근(主根)과 측근(側根)의 구별이 있으며 땅위뿌리, 물뿌리, 저장뿌리, 공기뿌리, 기생뿌리, 호흡뿌리 따위의 여러 종류가 있다.

Browse 4 idioms linked to “뿌리” in the Standard Korean Language Dictionary, in Hangul order. Distinct words with the same spelling are kept separate using their dictionary entry IDs.

Illustration of the first meaning of “뿌리 뽑히다”: Have the source from which something can arise and grow eliminated.

Be eradicated Have the source from which something can arise and grow eliminated.

Illustration of the first meaning of “뿌리가 깊다”: Have an origin going far back.

Be deeply rooted Have an origin going far back.

Illustration of the first meaning of “뿌리가 빠지다”: For even the source to be gone, leaving nothing at all.

be utterly exhausted at the source For even the source to be gone, leaving nothing at all.

Illustration of the first meaning of “뿌리를 뽑다”: Eliminate the source from which something can arise and grow

Root out Eliminate the source from which something can arise and grow