來龍去脈 · lái lóng qù mài
- 1. 名詞比喻事物的來歷,或事情的前因後果。例如文件的來龍去脈。用法多作主語、賓語或名詞短語中心語,用於說明事物的來歷或事情的前因後果。英文origin and development; cause and effect; ins and outs; sequence of events
- 2. 名詞舊時風水用語。指山勢像龍一樣起伏連貫的走勢和脈絡。書證此間前岡有塊好地,來龍去脈,靠嶺朝山,處處合格。——明·吾邱瑞《運甓記·牛眠指穴》注意今通常用於比喻義,本義多見於風水、堪輿語境。英文the connected configuration and course of a mountain range (in geomancy)
