tàn lí dé zhū

Traditional: 探驪得珠

探骊得珠 (tàn lí dé zhū) is a Chinese word meaning “to pluck a pearl from the black dragon (idiom, from Zhuangzi); fig. to pick out the salient points (from a tangled situation); to see through to the nub”.

Meanings

  1. 1to pluck a pearl from the black dragon (idiom, from Zhuangzi); fig. to pick out the salient points (from a tangled situation)
  2. 2to see through to the nub

Characters in 探骊得珠

探tàn · to explore骊lí · black horse得dé · to obtain珠zhū · bead

Related words

得to obtain得used in 得瑟[de4 se5]得structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc得to have to觉得to think that ...; to feel that ...记得to remember得到to get; to obtain; to receive探to explore值得worth the money不得不have no choice or option but to获得to obtain; to receive; to get赢得to win

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