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Open the tool →抽丁拔楔 (chōu dīng bá xiē) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to solve a difficult problem”.
抽丁拔楔 is pronounced chōu dīng bá xiē in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 抽丁拔楔 means “Pull out nails, remove wedges”. It is used to mean “to solve a difficult problem”.
比喻解决疑难。丁,“钉”的古字。