lit. looking for a fine horse using only a picture (idiom); fig. to do things along rigid, conventional lines; to try and find sth with the help of a clue
trad. 按圖索驥
Also written 按圖索驥【àn tú suǒ jì】
Characters in this word
4按
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to press, to push, to leave aside or shelve, to control, to restrain, to keep one's hand on, to check or refer to, according to, in the light of, (of an editor or author) to make a comment
- Pinyin
- àn
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 1053 of 2500
图
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diagram, picture, drawing, chart, map, CL:張|张[zhang1], to plan, to scheme, to attempt, to pursue, to seek
- Pinyin
- tú
- Traditional
- 圖
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 4660 of 2500
索
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surname Suo, abbr. for 索馬里|索马里[Suo3 ma3 li3], Somalia
- Pinyin
- Suǒ
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 5713 of 2500
骥
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thoroughbred horse, refined and virtuous
- Pinyin
- jì
- Traditional
- 驥
- Strokes
- 19