deduce; infer; draw out threads
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to draw out the silk threads; to deduce; to infer; to extrapolate (meaning from a text)
literaryLiterary register. Originally referred to sorting silk threads; metaphorically used for extracting logical threads or meaning from complex material. Also written as 抽绎.
Xué学
zhě者
duì对
gǔ古
jí籍
jìn进
xíng行
chōu抽
yì绎
，
zhěng整
lǐ理
chū出
qí其
zhōng中
de的
sī思
xiǎng想
mài脉
luò络
。
The scholar analyzed the ancient texts to extrapolate their underlying intellectual threads.
Cóng从
zhè这
xiē些
shù数
jù据
zhōng中
chōu抽
yì绎
chū出
yǒu有
xiào效
de的
jié结
lùn论
bìng并
bù不
róng容
yì易
。
It is not easy to deduce valid conclusions from this data.
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Tā他
shàn善
yú于
cóng从
fēn纷
fán繁
de的
xiàn现
xiàng象
zhōng中
chōu抽
yì绎
chū出
běn本
zhì质
guī规
lǜ律
。
He is skilled at distilling essential patterns from complex phenomena.