探骊得珠

Traditional: 探驪得珠

tàn lí dé zhū

Dictionary entry

to pluck a pearl from the black dragon (idiom, from Zhuangzi); fig. to pick out the salient points (from a tangled situation)

What does 探骊得珠 mean?

探骊得珠 (tàn lí dé zhū) has the following dictionary meaning.

1to pluck a pearl from the black dragon (idiom, from Zhuangzi); fig. to pick out the salient points (from a tangled situation)

2to see through to the nub

Character breakdown

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探tànto explore · to search out 骊líblack horse · jet steed 得déto obtain · to get 珠zhūbead · pearl

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探骊得珠

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