顺藤摸瓜

lit. to follow the vine to get to the melon / to track sth following clues

Characters and words in 顺藤摸瓜

to obey / to follow / to arrange / to make reasonable / along / favorable

= + : Sheldon Shrimp (shu) witnesses a creek (川) forming in the encampment's bathroom ((e)n4), and subsequently a paper (页) boat floating by. Sheldon recognizes this omen and knows that he has to follow (顺) his fate.
variant of 藤[teng2]
rattan / cane / vine
to feel with the hand / to touch / to stroke / to grope / to steal / to abstract

= + : Mozart (莫) finds Mahatma Gandhi (m) lying motionless in front of the observatory (o1), and since there is none who (莫) is allowed to touch him he uses a toy claw (扌) to feel (摸) his pulse.
variant of 摹[mo2]
melon / gourd / squash

= + + : Gitta Giraffe (gu) inspects the banana trees (⺁) in front of the ashram (a1) every day. One day, she found a very strange banana: she looked at it, and it looked like a melon (瓜). She then poked it with her finger (㇏). It felt like a melon! She then sniffed at it with her fake nose (厶). The banana smelled like a melon (瓜)! What a strange banana, Gitta thought to herself.

Words with 顺藤摸瓜

顺藤摸瓜 is not used as a component in another word.

Sentences with 顺藤摸瓜

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