HSK V7-9
Correct

来龙去脉

/ lái lóng qù mài /
Strokes

Definition

the rise and fall of the terrain (idiom)/(fig.) the whole sequence of events/causes and effects

Example

Definition
origin and development; cause and effect of an event; ins and outs; whole story; entire process
1
qīngchu
清楚
zhège
这个
diǎn
典故
de
láilóngmài
来龙去脉
  

He is quite clear about how this classical allusion came into being.

2
xiān
shìqing
事情
de
láilóngmài
来龙去脉
jiǎng
biàn
  

Tell us the ins and outs of the matter. / Tell us the whole story.

3
Gǎoqīng
搞清
shìqing
事情
de
láilóngmài
来龙去脉

find out the details of the whole event

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