Seeking from the vine
As a Chinese idiom, the Pinyin is m à NY à nzh à Qi ú, which means to search for roots along the vine, and it means to catch all. It's from the Peach Blossom Fan society.
The origin of Idioms
Kong Shangren's "Peach Blossom Fan · arrest society" in the Qing Dynasty: "I have been ordered to search against the party today, but I have to ask you for it."
Idiom usage
It's a combination. It's a predicate. It's a metaphor
Analysis of Idioms
Synonyms: following the vine, searching for the root, leading the vine
Seeking from the vine