粵

心sam1中zung1有jau5數sou3

simp心中有数
sam1 zung1 jau5 sou3xīn zhōng yǒu shù

English

  1. to know what's going on
  2. one who had made a decision within
  3. to know exactly what's going on without expressing explicitly; to know the ins and outs of sth; literally: there is a sum in one's mind; combined with 啞仔食雲吞 (aa2 zai2 sik6 wan4 tan1) to form a sandwich pun

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 毋須明示,已經知道係件事係點;亦都同「啞仔食雲吞」組成歇後語

Examples

  • 你做過咩衰嘢自己心中有數啦。

    You know exactly what evils you've done.

  • 男人老不老,自己心中有数;女人老不老,别人一目了然.

    A man is as old as he feels and a woman as old as she looks.

    Tatoeba · zhouj1955 CC BY

Sources: cc-canto, cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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