按图索骥
Traditional form:
按圖索驥
Pinyin (reading):
àntúsuǒjì
Definitions:
- lit. looking for a fine horse using only a picture (idiom)
- fig. to do things along rigid, conventional lines
- to try and find sth with the help of a clue
Characters:
- 按 - to check, to control, to push, to restrain
- 图 - diagram, chart, map, picture; to plan
- 索 - cable, rope; rules, laws; to demand, to exact; to search, to inquire
- 骥 - a thoroughbred horse; refined, virtuous
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