The Meaning of Plants (18)

顺藤摸瓜 follow the vine to get the melon. It means following a certain clue we can find out the result. This word is normally appeared in detective stories.

 叶落归根  Falling leaves settle on their roots  . It means a person residing elsewhere may finally return to his ancestral home.

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披荆斩棘Break open a way through bramble and thistle. Imaging that you lost in jungle, you have to use knives or axes to cut out to get through. It means in your front, there are many difficulties, and you find out a way to over thrown it, similar Alexander cut the Gordian Knot.

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