







洞幽烛微 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to have keen insight into profound and subtle matters”. To perceive the subtle and profound. Literally, “Penetrate the profound and illuminate the subtle”.

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Open the tool →洞幽烛微 (dòng yōu zhú wēi) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to have keen insight into profound and subtle matters”.
洞幽烛微 is pronounced dòng yōu zhú wēi in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 洞幽烛微 means “Penetrate the profound and illuminate the subtle”. It is used to mean “to have keen insight into profound and subtle matters”.
洞:洞察;幽:深远;烛:照亮;微:微末,精细处。形容目光锐利,能洞察事物幽深细微之处。