抽丝剥茧

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 抽丝剥茧 – see 抽絲剝繭 (“to peel the cocoon by unraveling the silk thread from which it was spun; to painstakingly get to the bottom of something; to struggle to understand a convoluted argument or issue”). (This term is the simplified form of 抽絲剝繭).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.