粵

探taam3驪lei4得dak1珠zyu1

simp探骊得珠
taam3 lei4 dak1 zyu1tàn lí dé zhū

English

  1. to pluck a pearl from the black dragon (idiom, from Zhuangzi); fig. to pick out the salient points (from a tangled situation)
  2. to see through to the nub

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese

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