抽丝剥茧

抽絲剝繭
chōusībāojiǎn
idiom

Meanings

  1. 1 to unwind silk from a cocoon
  2. 2 to unravel a mystery layer by layer
  3. 3 to analyze meticulously and methodically

Examples

Zhēntàn chōusībāojiǎn, zhōngyú chámíng le ànjiàn de zhēnxiàng.
The detective unraveled the case clue by clue and finally got to the truth.
Tā chōusībāojiǎn de fēnxī le zhěnggè shìjiàn de láilóngqùmài.
He methodically untangled the whole sequence of events.

Tips

memory
Two slow, painstaking actions: pulling silk thread from a cocoon, peeling the cocoon layer by layer. The image captures patient, step-by-step analysis.

Stroke Order

chōu
bāo
jiǎn