created sense approved 钩沉/鉤沉 · gōuchén · to uncover lost artifacts — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
钩沉 / 鉤沉
gōuchén
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