ㄔㄡchōuㄅㄛㄐㄧㄢˇjiǎn

  1. 比喻由淺入深逐步分析探求真相離奇案件方連日來抽絲剝繭終於真相大白。」

lit. to spin silk from cocoons, fig. to make a painstaking investigation (idiom)​