lit. to follow the vine to get to the melon; to track sth following clues
trad. 順藤摸瓜
Also written 順藤摸瓜【shùn téng mō guā】
Characters in this word
4顺
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to obey, to follow, to arrange, to make reasonable, along, favorable
- Pinyin
- shùn
- Traditional
- 順
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 19020 of 2500
藤
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variant of 藤[teng2]
- Pinyin
- téng
- Traditional
- 籐
- Strokes
- 18
- Frequency
- 16791 of 2500
摸
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to feel with the hand, to touch, to stroke, to grope, to steal, to abstract
- Pinyin
- mō
- Strokes
- 13
- Frequency
- 2473 of 2500
瓜
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melon; gourd; squash, (slang) a piece of gossip
- Pinyin
- guā
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 13003 of 2500