"Clues" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 线索 | xiàn suǒ | trail / clues / thread (of a story) |   |
| 绪 |  xù | beginnings / clues / mental state / thread | |
| 端倪 | duān ní | boundary / clue / indication / to obtain clues / to infer | |
| 顺藤摸瓜 | shùn téng mō guā | lit. to follow the vine to get to the melon / to track sth following clues | |
| 察微知著 | chá wēi zhī zhù | to examine tiny clues to know general trends (idiom) / to deduce the whole story from small traces | |
| 见微知著 | jiàn wēi - zhī zhù | (idiom) to examine tiny clues to know general trends / to deduce the whole story from small traces | |
| 抽丝剥茧 | chōu sī - bō jiǎn | lit. to unwind the silk thread from the cocoon (idiom) / fig. to unravel a mystery / to painstakingly follow the clues to eventually get to the bottom of the matter | |
