粵

可ho2想soeng2而ji4知zi1

ho2 soeng2 ji4 zi1kě xiǎng ér zhī

English

  1. (idiom) (it) goes without saying; can well be imagined
  2. one can well imagine; literally: one can think and know

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 就咁靠想像都會知;好明顯就推想到、引伸到

Examples

  • 個個人都唔鐘意佢,可想而知佢個為人係點。

    Everybody doesn't like him. You can imagine what he is like.

  • 可想而知我在学汉字上花太多时间,所以我应该更好地练习语言的其他方面。

    It's obvious that I spend too much time studying Chinese characters, so I ought to study other aspects of the language more.

    Tatoeba · eastasiastudent CC BY

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

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