粵

心sam1照ziu3

sam1 ziu3xīn zhào

English

  1. to have a tacit understanding
  2. to understand sth without being told; to have a tacit understanding of sby; to understand what is meant without needing explicit explanation ; literally: heart shines

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 唔使講都明,或者唔使畫公仔畫出腸就明

Examples

  • 他们俩彼此心照不宣。

    They have a secret understanding between them.

    Tatoeba · shanghainese CC BY

  • 我哋三個由細玩到大,佢嘅為人係點,大家心照啦!

    The three of us have been playing together since we were children right up to adulthood. So how about his personality, well we all know it without saying.

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

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