按迹循踪
àn​jì​xún​zōng

to follow the trail

  • created sense approved 按迹循踪/按跡循蹤 · àn​jì​xún​zōng · to follow the trail — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    按迹循踪 / 按跡循蹤

    àn​jì​xún​zōng

    to follow the trail

    To follow traces or clues in order to find a location, discover the truth, or reconstruct events (such as in writing an account)

    àn​jī​xún​zōng

    按 (literal) → 按 · àn · according to 迹 (literal) → 迹/跡 · jì · mark 循 (literal) → 循 · xún · to follow a path 踪 (literal) → 踪/蹤 · zōng · footprint

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense