来龙去脉
lái​lóng​qù​mài HSK7

origin and development

来龙去脉 來龍去脈 lái​lóng​qù​mài
origin and development noun
The whole sequence of events or the cause and effect of a situation; context

我不知道这件事的来龙去脉。

wǒ bù​zhī​dào zhè jiàn shì de lái​lóng​qù​mài.

I don't know the ins and outs of the matter.

mountain veins
The rise and fall of terrain or mountain ranges in feng shui, tracing the origin and flow of geological energy

Frequency
Movie subtitles
1.79 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
1.49 per million

Details
HSK 3.0
Level 7

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Sources
Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)