顺藤摸瓜
shùn​téng​mō​guā

to follow clues

  • created sense approved 顺藤摸瓜/順藤摸瓜 · shùn​téng​mō​guā · to follow clues — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    顺藤摸瓜 / 順藤摸瓜

    shùn​téng​mō​guā

    to follow clues

    to track down someone or something by following clues; literally "to follow the vine to find the melon"

    顺 (literal) → 顺/順 · shùn · along 藤 (literal) → 藤 · téng · rattan; vine 摸 (literal) → 摸 · mō · to touch 瓜 (literal) → 瓜 · guā · melon

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

    created sense