Our mission is to provide free tools for learning Chinese. This series explores idioms and proverbs, meaningful phrases worth knowing. Today’s idiom: 「心照不宣」.
Here’s the idiom 「心照不宣」, with its definition and practical application described below.
Zhao: to know; Xuan: to speak publicly. They understood it in their hearts but did not say it out loud.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
xīn zhào bù xuān
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
sam1 jiu3 bat1 syun1
The world of Chinese idioms is immense, with countless meanings and applications to discover. We hope these resources help you unlock the beauty of learning Chinese.
