算细账

算细账

Literally means:

balance accounts carefully

Actually means:

make out clearly

细账 refers to detailed accounts.

This phrase literally means careful and detailed bookkeeping. It is used figuratively to mean making careful and indepth investigation into the nature of something and its relationship with other things.

细账，详细的账目。

算细账，一项不漏地计算所有的收入或开支。也比喻多方面地深入调查研究，搞清事物本身的性质，以及它和其他事物的联系。