ㄊㄢˋㄌㄧˊㄉㄜˊㄓㄨtànlí‑dézhū

探骊得珠
  1. 莊子記載潛入千金父親這樣珍貴寶珠一定九重必須睡著取得比喻寫作詩文主題精髓 探驪得珠」、古文往往探驪得珠值得再三閱讀」。

to pluck a pearl from the black dragon (idiom, from Zhuangzi)​; fig. to pick out the salient points (from a tangled situation)​, to see through to the nub