Ministry of Education 《Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary》

Word	老樹盤根
Bopomofo	`ㄌㄠ^ˇ` `ㄕㄨ^ˋ` `ㄆㄢ^ˊ` `ㄍㄣ`
Hanyu pinyin	lǎo shù pán gēn
Interpretation	老樹的根在土中纏繞糾結。比喻基礎極為穩固。如：「千年神木因老樹盤根，縱有強風暴雨，仍屹立在山間。」

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