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chiuu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: chiuu [[...]]

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. [[...]]
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 [[...]]
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

silk, very fine thread, fiber, a general name for silk fabrics or goods, a tiny bit

絲

kviusy [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: kviw'sy [[...]]
ginger made into thin threads
薑絲

ti'tw-sy [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ty'tw'sy; ty'tw-sy [[...]]
cobwebs, spider web
蜘蛛絲

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