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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 ins and outs /ˌɪnzən(d)ˈaʊts/
 裡裡外外;詳情,細節;內幕

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 In, n.
 Note: [Usually in the plural.]
 1. One who is in office; -- the opposite of out.
 2. A reëntrant angle; a nook or corner.
 Ins and outs, (a) nooks and corners; twists and turns. (b) the peculiarities or technicalities (of a subject); intricacies; details; -- used with of; as, he knew the ins and outs of the Washington power scene.
    All the ins and outs of this neighborhood.   --D. Jerrold.