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Change log entry 55100
Processed by: richwarm (2014-11-19 06:11:16 UTC)
Comment: << review queue entry 52764 - submitted by 'ycandau' >>
dicts seem to be like:
◊ origin, cause, source

but my feeling is it's more like smth you narrate, the full story from origins thru all particulars.
All examples on Z are like
来寻问俺往日的根由
or
把前前后后,始末根由,一口气都说了出来。
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Editor: Looking at TP examples, I feel that "root cause" is a good gloss too.
e.g.
- 尤其周遭大人的失職,往往是一個孩子『變壞』的根由
- 認為那才是性犯罪猖獗的真正根由。
- 每個人都比以前多得到了一點,可是總覺得別人得到的更多,這種「相對剝奪感」才是怨懟的根由。
Diff:
# 根由 根由 [gen1 you2] /the whys and the wherefores/the detailed story/
+ 根由 根由 [gen1 you2] /the whys and the wherefores/the detailed story/root cause/
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