粵

心sam1知zi1肚tou5明ming4

sam1 zi1 tou5 ming4xīn zhī dù míng

English

  1. to be well aware
  2. to be made aware of without being informed
  3. to understand all the things clearly without putting them in words; to know in one's heart; composing a sandwich pun with the former half 雞食放光蟲; literally: the heart knows and the stomach understands

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 唔使當口當面講而大家都明;亦同前半句「雞食放光蟲」組成歇後語

Examples

  • 老闆埋單之後就拎部計數機出嚟,大家都心知肚明,呢餐要自己俾錢嘞。

    After checking the bill, our boss took out a calculator. We all already knew that we had to pay for the meal ourselves.

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

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