心照
sam1 ziu3xīn zhào
English
- to have a tacit understanding
- 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
- 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