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抽丝剥茧

chōu sī bāo jiǎn

Definitions

  1. 1. lit. to spin silk from cocoons
  2. 2. fig. to make a painstaking investigation (idiom)

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Child Words of 抽丝剥茧

剥
bāo

to peel

剥
bō

to peel

抽
chōu

to draw out

丝
sī

silk

抽丝
chōu sī

to spin silk