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1 to pluck a pearl from the black dragon (idiom, from Zhuangzi); fig. to pick out the salient points (from a tangled situation)
2 to see through to the nub

Sample Sentences

司令，侦查卫星显示蓝方的部队已向前推进了两公里，并有数十辆坦克已朝我方移动了十公里。估计是蓝方的试探性进攻。

sīlìng ，zhēnchá wèixīng xiǎnshì lánfāng de bùduì yǐ xiàngqián tuījìn le liǎng gōnglǐ ，bìng yǒu shù shí liàng tǎnkè yǐ cháo wǒfāng yídòng le shí gōnglǐ 。gūjì shì lánfāng de shìtàn xìng jìngōng 。

Commander, the spy satellite shows that the Blue troops have moved forward two kilometres, and there are dozens of tanks that have already moved ten kilometres toward us. I reckon it's the Blue's probing attack.

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黑猫？”李探长试探性地问。

Hēimāo ？”Lǐ tànzhǎng shìtànxìng de wèn 。

"Black cat?" Detective Li asked tentatively.

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真的。有一次过马路我试探着想牵他的手，他立马缩回去了。你说，他不会是……对女人没兴趣吧？

zhēnde 。yǒuyīcì guò mǎlù wǒ shìtàn zhe xiǎng qiān tā de shǒu ，tā lìmǎ suō huíqù le 。nǐ shuō ，tā bù huì shì ……duì nǚrén méi xìngqù ba ？

Really. One time we were crossing the street and I was looking to hold his hand. He quickly pulled back. You think... he couldn't be... not interested in women?

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但是的话，无论怎么样的话呢，我感觉你还是要用各种的问题去试探他。记住还是要用开放式的问题，不要让他回答Yes or No。因为这个是最忌讳的。因为有的时候销售觉得这个人不死不活的，然后呢，就是说感觉我好像也问不出来什么问题，对不对？那么，那在这种情况下，可能销售要采用一些技巧。就是怎么样跟他暖身，我们所谓的暖身的技巧。

dànshì dehuà ，wúlùn zěnmeyàng dehuà ne ，wǒ gǎnjué nǐ háishì yào yòng gèzhǒng de wèntí qù shìtàn tā 。jìzhu háishì yào yòng kāifàngshì de wèntí ，bù yào ràng tā huídá Yes or No 。yīnwèi zhè ge shì zuì jìhuì de 。yīnwèi yǒudeshíhou xiāoshòu juéde zhè ge rén bùsǐbùhuó de ，ránhòu ne ，jiùshìshuō gǎnjué wǒ hǎoxiàng yě wèn bu chūlái shénme wèntí ，duìbùduì ？nàme ，nà zài zhèzhǒng qíngkuàng xià ，kěnéng xiāoshòu yào cǎiyòng yīxiē jìqiǎo 。jiùshì zěnmeyàng gēn tā nuǎnshēn ，wǒmen suǒwèi de nuǎnshēn de jìqiǎo 。

However, regardless of what you say, I think you still need to use all kinds of questions to feel him out. Remember that you still need to use open ended questions, don't let him answer yes or no. So that should be avoided. Because sometimes salespeople think somebody is quite awkward, so then you feel you don't have any questions to ask, right? So, in this situation, salespeople need to employ a bit of skill. It's how we warm him up a bit, our so called “warming up skill”.

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三国演义的这段描写是精彩的，很精彩，非常精彩，可惜是假的。但是虽然是虚构的，仍然有意义。意义在哪儿呢？我们现在可以把它看作古代版的营销学教材。我们现在用现代视角来看看这个事件就很有意思了。在这个事件中，刘备好比一家投资公司的大老板，他决定投资，要买断某一个人才。诸葛亮呢，就像一个准备应聘行政执行官的这样一个职业经理人。他们双方都有一个互相试探、了解和需要的过程。所以他这一套东西用现在的眼光一看，就觉得整个的一些什么唱歌的农民、不懂事的童子啊、稀奇古怪的朋友啊，全是托儿。这当然是我们今天站在现代视角回过头来看这个问题，得出的结论。甚至我也可以坦率地承认，我这个推测是以小人之心，度君子之腹。纯粹是我的个人意见，不是历史意见，也不是时代意见，也不是罗贯中的意见。

Sānguóyǎnyì de zhè duàn miáoxiě shì jīngcǎi de ，hěn jīngcǎi ，fēicháng jīngcǎi ，kěxī shì jiǎ de 。dànshì suīrán shì xūgòu de ，réngrán yǒu yìyì 。yìyì zài nǎr ne ？wǒ men xiànzài kěyǐ bǎ tā kànzuò gǔdài bǎn de yíngxiāo xué jiàocái 。wǒ men xiànzài yòng xiàndài shìjiǎo lái kàn kan zhè ge shìjiàn jiù hěn yǒuyìsi le 。zài zhè ge shìjiàn zhōng ，Liú Bèi hǎobǐ yī jiā tóuzī gōngsī de dà lǎobǎn ，tā juédìng tóuzī ，yào mǎi duàn mǒuyīge réncái 。ZhūGě liàng ne ，jiù xiàng yī ge zhǔnbèi yìngpìn xíngzhèng zhíxíngguān de zhèyàng yī ge zhíyè jīnglǐrén 。tā men shuāngfāng dōu yǒu yī ge hùxiāng shìtàn 、liǎojiě hé xūyào de guòchéng 。suǒyǐ tā zhè yītào dōngxi yòng xiànzài de yǎnguāng yī kàn ，jiù juéde zhěnggè de yīxiē shénme chànggē de nóngmín 、bù dǒngshì de tóngzǐ ā 、xīqí gǔguài de péngyou ā ，quán shì tuōr 。zhè dāngrán shì wǒ men jīntiān zhàn zài xiàndài shìjiǎ huí guò tóu lái kàn zhè ge wèntí ，déchū de jiélùn 。shènzhì wǒ yě kěyǐ tǎnshuài de chéngrèn ，wǒ zhè ge tuīcè shì yǐ xiǎorén zhī xīn 。chúncuì shì wǒ de gèrén yìjiàn ，bù shì lìshǐ yìjiàn ，yě bù shì shídài yìjiàn ，yě bù shì Luó Guànzhōng de yìjiàn 。

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