按图索骥

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

Characters and words in 按图索骥

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

= + : Inside of the anthill's bathroom, Einstein safety-belt base-jumped off of the bathroom stall, but got stuck halfway. Now he tries to push the safety-belt's button at the top of the stall with the help of a long toy claw.
diagram / picture / drawing / chart / map / CL:張|张[zhang1] / to plan / to scheme / to attempt / to pursue / to seek

= + : Tommy Turtle (tu) has been working a lot on a new business model, and he drew a scheme (图) just inside the entrance of the space station (Ø2). It involves importing udon noodles (冬) to the space station in huge crates (囗). He already ordered the first crate full of udon noodles, which is standing next to him and his flow chart.
surname Suo / abbr. for 索馬里|索马里[Suo3 ma3 li3], Somalia

= + + : Somebody destroyed Susan Saint Bernards (su) web in the observatory (o3) and as a revenge Susan Saint Bernard put all the castle's food in a container, put a cooking top on it (冖) and then sealed it with a silken scarf (糸). Then she attached a cross (十) to be used as hook and hang the package right under the ceiling using a large rope (索). Everyone is sorry and asks (索) her to give the food back, but Susan Saint Bernard is still quite angry.
to search / to demand / to ask / to exact / large rope / isolated

= + + : Somebody destroyed Susan Saint Bernards (su) web in the observatory (o3) and as a revenge Susan Saint Bernard put all the castle's food in a container, put a cooking top on it (冖) and then sealed it with a silken scarf (糸). Then she attached a cross (十) to be used as hook and hang the package right under the ceiling using a large rope (索). Everyone is sorry and asks (索) her to give the food back, but Susan Saint Bernard is still quite angry.
thoroughbred horse / refined and virtuous

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