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来龙去脉

lái lóng qù mài

4-character word Traditional 來龍去脈

What 来龙去脉 means

1. (lit.) the rise and fall of the terrain (idiom)
2. (fig.) the whole sequence of events; causes and effects

The characters in 来龙去脉

• 来láito come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb)…
• 龙lóngChinese dragon; loong; (fig.) emperor; dragon
• 去qùto go; to go to (a place); (of a time etc) last
• 脉màiarteries and veins; vein (on a leaf, insect wing etc)

Example sentences

• 虽然我只是在网上看了几则新闻，但也大概知道了整件事的来龙去脉。
  Suīrán wǒ zhǐshì zài wǎngshàng kàn le jǐ zé xīnwén, dàn yě dàgài zhīdàole zhěng jiàn shì de láilóngqùmài.
  I'm only reading the scraps on news on the Internet, but, well, I get the general picture.