鞭闢入裡

鞭辟入里
biānpìrùlǐ
  1. penetrated
  2. trenchant
  3. incisive

CEDICT

Homographs

鞭辟入裡 biānpìrùlǐ

Entry Composition

1 鞭 biān
  1. whip or lash
  2. to flog
  3. to whip
  4. conductor's baton
  5. segmented iron weapon (old)
  6. penis (of animal, served as food)
2 闢 pì
  1. to open (a door)
  2. to open up (for development)
  3. to dispel; to refute; to repudiate
  4. (bound form) penetrating; incisive
3 入 rù
  1. to enter; to go into
  2. to join; to become a member of
  3. (bound form) to conform to (as in 入時 rùshí)
  4. abbr. for 入聲 rùshēng
  5. (on product packaging, after {number n} + {classifier}) containing (n pieces) (from Japanese 入 "iri")
4 裡 lǐ
  1. lining
  2. interior
  3. inside
  4. internal
  5. also written 裏 lǐ

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痛快淋漓 tòngkuàilínlí
  1. joyous
  2. hearty
  3. spirited
  4. (of commentary) trenchant
  5. incisive
犀利 xīlì
  1. sharp
  2. incisive
  3. penetrating
精闢 jīngpì
  1. clear and penetrating (e.g. analysis)
  2. incisive
  3. insightful
透闢 tòupì
  1. penetrating
  2. incisive
鋒利 fēnglì
  1. sharp (e.g. knife blade)
  2. incisive
  3. to the point
这把菜刀不够锋利，所以我用了我的折叠刀来切肉。

The kitchen knife wasn't sharp enough to cut the meat, so I used my pocket knife.

Source: Tatoeba

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