來loi4龍lung4去heoi3脈mak6

English

1. (lit.) the rise and fall of the terrain (idiom)
2. origin and development; the whole story from beginning to end
3. (fig.) the whole sequence of events; causes and effects

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 事態由頭到尾嘅情節發展；一件事嘅脈絡

Examples

• 你快啲將呢件事嘅來龍去脈講俾我聽啦！

  Quickly, tell me the whole story from beginning to end.

• 雖然我淨係喺網上睇咗幾篇新聞，但係都大概知道咗成件事嘅來龍去脈。

  I'm only reading the scraps on news on the Internet, but, well, I get the general picture.

  Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

• 雖然我只是在網上看了幾則新聞，但也大概知道了整件事的來龍去脈。

  I'm only reading the scraps on news on the Internet, but, well, I get the general picture.

  Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY