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得意忘言
dé​yì​wàng​yán

beyond words

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
得意忘言 dé​yì​wàng​yán
beyond words
Once the meaning is grasped, words are forgotten; used to describe having a perfect mutual understanding or a deep connection where speech is unnecessary.

Frequency

Written text
0.026 per million

Cross-References

Synonym

  • 心照不宣 xīn​zhào​bù​xuān

Sources

Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)