ㄔㄡㄅㄛㄐㄧㄢˇchōusī‑bōjiǎn

抽丝剥茧
  1. 比喻由表及裡細緻分析事物發掘真相 醫生抽絲剝繭一系列檢驗終於病因」。

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