按图索骥
àn tú suǒ jì
Pinyin

Definition

按图索骥
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àn tú suǒ jì
  1. lit. looking for a fine horse using only a picture (idiom)
  2. fig. to do things along rigid, conventional lines
  3. to try and find sth with the help of a clue

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

按
àn
  1. 1 to press
  2. 2 to push
  3. 3 to leave aside or shelve
  4. 4 to control
  5. 5 to restrain
  6. 6 to keep one's hand on
  7. 7 to check or refer to
  8. 8 according to
  9. 9 in the light of
  10. 10 (of an editor or author) to make a comment
按摩
àn mó
  1. 1 massage
  2. 2 to massage
按照
àn zhào
  1. 1 according to
  2. 2 in accordance with
  3. 3 in the light of
  4. 4 on the basis of
按键
àn jiàn
  1. 1 button or key (on a device)
  2. 2 keystroke
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
  4. 4 to press a button
探索
tàn suǒ
  1. 1 to explore
  2. 2 to probe
搜索
sōu suǒ
  1. 1 to search (a place)
  2. 2 to search (a database etc)
检索
jiǎn suǒ
  1. 1 to retrieve (data)
  2. 2 to look up
  3. 3 retrieval
  4. 4 search
利索
lì suo
  1. 1 nimble
思索
sī suǒ
  1. 1 to think deeply
  2. 2 to ponder
按下
àn xià
  1. 1 to press down
  2. 2 to press a button
按压
àn yā
  1. 1 to press
  2. 2 to push (a button)
按捺
àn nà
  1. 1 to restrain
  2. 2 to control
按揭
àn jiē
  1. 1 a mortgage (loanword via Cantonese)
  2. 2 to buy property on a mortgage
按时
àn shí
  1. 1 on time
  2. 2 before deadline
  3. 3 on schedule
按钮
àn niǔ
  1. 1 push button
摸索
mō suo
  1. 1 to feel about
  2. 2 to grope about
  3. 3 to fumble
  4. 4 to do things slowly
毕加索
Bì jiā suǒ
  1. 1 Picasso
索
Suǒ
  1. 1 surname Suo
  2. 2 abbr. for 索馬里|索马里[Suǒ mǎ lǐ], Somalia
索取
suǒ qǔ
  1. 1 to ask
  2. 2 to demand
索尼
Suǒ ní
  1. 1 Sony

Idioms (10)

不假思索
bù jiǎ sī suǒ
  1. 1 to act without taking time to think (idiom); to react instantly
  2. 2 to fire from the hip
冥思苦索
míng sī kǔ suǒ
  1. 1 to mull over (idiom)
  2. 2 to think long and hard
按兵不动
àn bīng bù dòng
  1. 1 to hold back one's troops without moving (idiom); to bide one's time
按图索骥
àn tú suǒ jì
  1. 1 lit. looking for a fine horse using only a picture (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to do things along rigid, conventional lines
  3. 3 to try and find sth with the help of a clue
按质定价
àn zhì dìng jià
  1. 1 to fix a price based on quality (idiom)
按部就班
àn bù jiù bān
  1. 1 to follow the prescribed order; to keep to the working routine (idiom)
搜索枯肠
sōu suǒ kū cháng
  1. 1 to rack one's brains (for apt wording etc) (idiom)
敲诈勒索
qiāo zhà lè suǒ
  1. 1 extortion and blackmail (idiom)
澡垢索疵
zǎo gòu suǒ cī
  1. 1 to wash the dirt to find a defect (idiom); to find fault
  2. 2 to nitpick
费人思索
fèi rén sī suǒ
  1. 1 to think oneself to exhaustion (idiom)

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