bá chū luó bo dài chū ní

Traditional: 拔出蘿蔔帶出泥

拔出萝卜带出泥 (bá chū luó bo dài chū ní) is a Chinese word meaning “lit. when you pull a radish out of the ground, some dirt comes up with it (idiom); fig. to uncover, during the investigation of a crime, evidence of other crimes; to cause further problems while working on a problem”.

Meanings

  1. 1lit. when you pull a radish out of the ground, some dirt comes up with it (idiom)
  2. 2fig. to uncover, during the investigation of a crime, evidence of other crimes
  3. 3to cause further problems while working on a problem

Characters in 拔出萝卜带出泥

拔bá · to pull up出chū · to go out; to come out萝luó · radish卜bǔ · (bound form) to divine带dài · band出chū · to go out; to come out泥ní · mud

Related words

出to go out; to come out出variant of 出[chu1] (classifier for plays or chapters of classical novels)带band出来to come out出来(after a verb, indicates coming out, completion of an action, or ability to discern or detect)出去to go out出现to appear带来to bring出色remarkable; outstanding出发to set off演出to act (in a play)带走to carry; to take away

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