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- barn-koef chiuu-tiin 🗣 (u: barn-koef chiuu-tiin) 挽瓜揫藤 [wt][mo] bán-kue-tshiû-tîn
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- 1. (Exp)
|| 順藤摸瓜、追根究柢。依循線索澈底探查事情。
- 🗣le: Kiarm'hofng barn'koef'chiuu'tiin, ka sor'u ee hiaam'hoan lorng zafng`tiøh, ciaq zøx'cit'khuxn zorng ka yn khie'sox. (檢方挽瓜揫藤，共所有的嫌犯攏㨑著，才做一睏總共𪜶起訴。) (檢方抽絲剝繭，將所有的嫌犯都逮到，才一口氣把他們全部起訴。)
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- chiuu 🗣 (u: chiuu) 揫 [wt][mo] tshiû
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- 1. (V) to pull in long rope, cloth, net, etc hand over hand; to haul in
|| 把長的繩線、布或網等一手一手拉近身來。
- 🗣le: chiuu søq'ar (揫索仔) (拉回繩子)
- 2. (V) to disentangle tangled rope or vine; to sort (things) out
|| 把糾纏的線索、藤等理出條理。
- 🗣le: barn'koef'chiuu'tiin (挽瓜揫藤) (順藤採瓜。比喻在一件複雜的事情中理出頭緒，探究真相。)
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