绎 (yì) - to unravel & to draw out
绎 · yì
to unravel;
to draw out;
to follow up;
to continue;
to explain;
to expound;
to trace back;
to seek the origin
to unravelto draw outto follow up
Usage highlights
to expoundcontinuous streamto trace backto unravelto explainto follow up
Usage & contexts
Examples
- The scholar is expounding the classics (绎经).
- We need to trace the source of this problem (寻绎).
- She is unraveling the thread of thought (抽绎).
- The lecture continued without interruption (络绎不绝).
Collocations
- to expound(演绎)
- continuous stream(络绎)
- to trace back(寻绎)
- to unravel(抽绎)
- to explain(绎解)
- to follow up(绎理)
Idioms
- In an endless stream(络绎不绝)
- Deductive reasoning(演绎推理)
- To trace back to the source(寻绎根源)
Cultural background
FAQ- Originally meant to draw out silk threads, later extended to mean unraveling complex ideas or tracing origins.
- Used in classical Chinese scholarship for systematic explanation and logical deduction of texts.
- Appears in philosophical and literary contexts as a method of textual analysis and interpretation.