鉤沉
gōu​chén

to uncover lost artifacts

  • created sense approved 钩沉/鉤沉 · gōu​chén · to uncover lost artifacts — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    钩沉 / 鉤沉

    gōu​chén

    to uncover lost artifacts

    (literary) to explore profound truths or to collect and compile lost or forgotten materials; to bring to light facts or documents that have been buried or forgotten

    钩 (literal) → 钩/鉤 · gōu · to probe 沉 (literal) → 沉 · chén · to sink

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

    created sense