扎根 zhāgēn to take root
How to remember 扎根: 扎 to bind + 根 measure word for long, thin things = to take root.
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How it is used
- To take root and stay/commit - 扎根农村 (zhāgēn nóngcūn) to put down roots in the countryside.
- Figurative for settling deeply into a place or cause for the long haul; also for ideas taking hold: 观念扎根 (guānniàn zhāgēn) a notion takes root.
- Carries a committed, long-term, grounded connotation.