探骊得珠
Traditional form:
探驪得珠
Pinyin (reading):
tànlídézhū
Definitions:
- to pluck a pearl from the black dragon (idiom, from Zhuangzi); fig. to pick out the salient points (from a tangled situation)
- to see through to the nub
Characters:
- 探 - to find, to locate; to grope for, to search for
- 骊 - a pure-black horse; a pair of horses
- 得 - to obtain, to get, to acquire; suitable, proper; ready
- 珠 - gem, jewel, pearl, precious stone
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