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bafnkoef chiutiin [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: barn'koef chiuu'tiin [[...]][i#] [p.]

trace the vine and get a melon, get a clue and follow it up step by step, so as to learn the truth of a matter

摘瓜抽藤,追根究底

chiuu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chiuu [[...]][i#] [p.]

pull toward us with a rope, haul in using alternate hands (hand over hand)

拉曳,追溯

• baxnban chiuu zhutlaai. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ban'ban chiuu zhud'laai. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  draw out a something like a secret gradually
  慢慢的盤問出來。

• bafnkoef chiutiin [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: barn'koef chiuu'tiin [[...]][i#] [p.]
  get at the truth step by step, often by round about way (Lit. To get a melon you have to haul in the vine.)
  抽籐摘瓜,抽絲剝繭

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