探驪得珠

tànlídézhū ㄊㄢˋ ㄌㄧˊ ㄉㄜˊ ㄓㄨ

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

Character by character

探(tàn)explore
驪(lí)legendary black dragon
得(dé)get
珠(zhū)pearl

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