探珠骊颔
tàn​zhū​lí​hàn

to grasp the essence

  • created sense approved 探珠骊颔/探珠驪頷 · tàn​zhū​lí​hàn · to grasp the essence — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    探珠骊颔 / 探珠驪頷

    tàn​zhū​lí​hàn

    to grasp the essence

    literally to find a pearl under the chin of a black dragon; figuratively, to grasp the essence or key point of a poem, argument, or text

    探 (literal) → 探 · tàn · to reach into 珠 (literal) → 珠 · zhū · pearl 骊 (literal) → 骊/驪 · lí · black dragon 颔 (literal) → 颔/頷 · hàn · chin

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

    created sense