lǎo shī / gǔ lì / wǒ men / bù yào / zhǐ / mǎn zú / yú / biǎo miàn / yào / yǒng yú / gēn jiū / shì wù / de / běn zhì

老师鼓励我们不要只满足于表面，要勇于根究事物的本质。

The teacher encouraged us not to just stay on the surface, but to be brave enough to get to the root of things.