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順藤摸瓜 (seon6 tang4 mo2 gwaa1) — meaning, pronunciation, examples

順藤摸瓜 (seon6 tang4 mo2 gwaa1, shùn téng mō guā) — lit. to follow the vine to get to the melon; to track sth following clues

Classifier

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Usage

Level

beyond HSK

Related words

• 順住 (seon6 zyu6) — along
• 順喉 (seon6 hau4) — to describe something (food or drink) that is easy on the throat
• 順帶一提 (seon6 daai3 jat1 tai4) — by the way; incidentally; just to mention in passing
• 順得哥情失嫂意 (seon6 dak1 go1 cing4 sat1 sou2 ji3) — to be the'pig in the middle'; 'piggy in the middle'
• 順德人 (seon6 dak1 jan4) — people from the Shunde district in in Guangdong, China
• 順攤 (seon6 taan1) — an easy-going attitude; not fussed; (running) smoothly

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