拔出萝卜带出泥

拔出蘿蔔帶出泥

báchū luóbo dàichū ní

proverb

Meanings

1 pulling out a radish brings up the dirt
2 investigating one crime uncovers others
3 one problem drags others along with it

Characters

Examples

HSK 3

修一个问题，又发现三个，真是拔出萝卜带出泥。

Xiū yí gè wèntí, yòu fāxiàn sān gè, zhēnshì báchū luóbo dàichū ní.

Fix one problem, find three more, classic radish-and-dirt.

HSK 7-9

查这起腐败案真是拔出萝卜带出泥，又牵出好几个官员。

Chá zhè qǐ fǔbài àn zhēnshì báchū luóbo dàichū ní, yòu qiān chū hǎojǐ gè guānyuán.

Investigating this corruption case was like pulling up a radish and dragging dirt with it, several more officials were implicated.

Tips

usage

Very common in news about anti-corruption investigations, one arrest triggers a chain. Also used for debugging and any cascading discovery.

Stroke Order

拔 bá

出 chū

萝 luó

卜 bǔ

带 dài

泥 ní