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抽絲剝繭 (抽丝剥茧)

chōu sī bāo jiǎn

Definition

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

Character Decomposition

抽
=
扌
+
由
絲
=
糹
+
糸
剝
=
彔
+
刂
繭
=
艹
+
？
+
糹
+
虫

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