Chinese word

追问

zhuī wèn

to question closely

Traditional: 追問

Meaning

Definitions are in English.

to question closely
to investigate in detail
to examine minutely
to get to the heart of the matter

Characters in this word

追zhuī9 strokesto pursue, to chase after 问wèn6 strokesto ask about, to inquire after

Common words: 追 · 问

Words

Words with the same first character

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追求zhuī qiúto pursue (a goal etc) stubbornly; to seek after; to woo 追踪zhuī zōngto track; to trace; to follow up; (HK, Tw) to follow (on social media)追究zhuī jiūto investigate; to look into 追加zhuī jiāto add something extra; an additional increment; addendum; to append; an additional posth…追逐zhuī zhúto chase; to pursue vigorously 追溯zhuī sùlit. to go upstream; to trace sth back to; to date from 追查zhuī cháto try to find out; to trace; to track down 追随zhuī suíto follow; to accompany

Examples

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与其急于为复杂现象贴上标签，不如先追问这些标签究竟解释了什么。

Yǔqí jíyú wèi fùzá xiànxiàng tiē shàng biāoqiān, bùrú xiān zhuīwèn zhèxiē biāoqiān jiūjìng jiěshì le shénme.

Rather than hastily labeling complex phenomena, it is better to ask what those labels actually explain.

若不追问指标背后的价值预设，量化结果就可能掩盖而非澄清真正需要讨论的问题。

Ruò bù zhuīwèn zhǐbiāo bèihòu de jiàzhí yùshè, liànghuà jiéguǒ jiù kěnéng yǎngài ér fēi chéngqīng zhēnzhèng xūyào tǎolùn de wèntí.

Unless the value assumptions behind indicators are questioned, quantitative results may conceal rather than clarify the issues that truly need discussion.

对制度绩效的评价若不追问收益由谁获得、代价由谁承担，便难以揭示其分配结构。

Duì zhìdù jìxiào de píngjià ruò bù zhuīwèn shōuyì yóu shéi huòdé, dàijià yóu shéi chéngdān, biàn nányǐ jiēshì qí fēnpèi jiégòu.

An assessment of institutional performance cannot reveal its distributional structure unless it asks who receives the benefits and who bears the costs.