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

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 [[...]] 

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

koe'aftiin [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: koef'ar'tiin [[...]] 

melon-vines

瓜藤

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

tendrils, vines, cane, climbing plants, rattan, various sorts of creeping plants, long trailing stems of vines, potatoes or creepers

藤,籐

• hanzu'tiin [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: hafn'cii'tiin; hafn'zuu'tiin [[...]] 
  sweet potato vines
  番薯藤

• khantiin [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: khafn'tiin [[...]] 
  throw out suckers or trailing shoots
  蔓藤

• koe'aftiin [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: koef'ar'tiin [[...]] 
  trailing stems of melons, cucumbers or pumpkins
  瓜藤

• tauaftiin [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tau'ar'tiin [[...]] 
  long stalks of peas
  豆藤

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