created sense approved 冷暖自知 · lěngnuǎnzìzhī · the person drinking the water knows its temperature — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
冷暖自知
lěngnuǎnzìzhī
the person drinking the water knows its temperature
a Zen proverb stating that self-awareness or enlightenment comes from within and cannot be easily conveyed to others
冷暖 (literal) → 冷暖 · lěngnuǎn · temperature changes 自知 (literal) → 自知 · zìzhī · to be aware
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created sense approved 冷暖自知 · lěngnuǎnzìzhī · to know best by personal experience — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
冷暖自知
lěngnuǎnzìzhī
to know best by personal experience
to understand the reality of a situation or the depth of a feeling through one's own experience rather than from what others say
冷暖 (literal) → 冷暖 · lěngnuǎn · temperature changes 自知 (literal) → 自知 · zìzhī · to be aware
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition