발본색원

eradication; rooting out – 拔本塞源 [balbonsaegwon]

Etymology

拔 (발) [bal] – to pull up; to pull out;
本 (본) [bon] – root; basis; source; origin;
塞 (색) [saeg] – to forbid; to suppress;
源 (원) [won] – source; origin; root;


noun (명사), sino-korean

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