明察暗訪 Save Sign in to save words Simplified: 明察暗访 míngcháànfǎng ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄔㄚˊ ㄢˋ ㄈㄤˇ open enquiries and secret search (idiom) to investigate openly and in secret taking information from all sides Character by character 明(míng)Ming Dynasty 察(chá)short name for Chahar Province 察哈尔 cháhāěr 暗(àn)dark 訪(fǎng)seek by inquiry A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0