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拔出蘿蔔帶出泥
简 拔出萝卜带出泥 · 繁 拔出蘿蔔帶出泥Mandarin · pinyin bá chū luó bo dài chū ní
Meanings
- lit. when you pull a radish out of the ground, some dirt comes up with it (idiom)
- fig. to uncover, during the investigation of a crime, evidence of other crimes
- to cause further problems while working on a problem
Characters in this entry
- 拔
- bá · uproot, pull out
- 出
- chū · go out, send out; stand; produce
- 蘿
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- 蔔
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- 帶
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- 泥
- ní · mud, mire; earth, clay; plaster
- 萝
- luó · type of creeping plant; turnip
- 卜
- bo · bǔ · fortune telling; prophesy
- 带
- dài · belt, girdle, band, strap, zone
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Mandarin tones
2–1–2–5–4–1–2 · ba2 chu1 luo2 bo5 dai4 chu1 ni2
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verb
- to cause a new problem when solving a previous one
- to find clues of other crimes when investigating one case
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