追究

Pattern visualization

Examples

1. 警方正在追究事故责任。▶ —
   The police are investigating responsibility for the accident.
2. 这件小事不必深究追究。▶ —
   There’s no need to dig into such a trivial matter.

Collocations

Mnemonic

追 zhuī "to chase, pursue" + 究 jiū "to investigate thoroughly": to pursue and dig to the bottom, i.e. to investigate responsibility, to call to account. Korean uses the same characters for chu-gu (追究), but Chinese 追究 mainly means relentlessly investigating responsibility or fault (追究责任 to call to account). Note this differs from Korean chu-gu "to pursue a goal". 追 means "to chase" (追求); 究 means "to investigate" (研究, 究竟).

Related

Quick check

1. What does Chinese 追究 mainly mean?

   • to call to account for responsibility or fault
   • to pursue a goal
   • to buy goods
   • to give directions