可以意会，不可言传
kě​yǐ​yì​huì​bù​kě​yán​chuán

can be sensed but not explained

  • created reference approved 可以意会，不可言传/可以意會，不可言傳 → 庄子/莊子 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    可以意会，不可言传 / 可以意會，不可言傳 kě​yǐ​yì​huì​bù​kě​yán​chuán

    庄子 / 莊子 zhuāng​zǐ

    see

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 可以意会，不可言传/可以意會，不可言傳 · kě​yǐ​yì​huì​bù​kě​yán​chuán · can be sensed but not explained — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    可以意会，不可言传 / 可以意會，不可言傳

    kě​yǐ​yì​huì​bù​kě​yán​chuán

    can be sensed but not explained

    can be understood intuitively but is impossible to describe in words; mysterious and subtle

    可以 (literal) → 可以 · kě​yǐ · can 意会 (literal) → 意会/意會 · yì​huì · to grasp intuitively ， (non_chinese) 不可 (literal) → 不可 · bù​kě · cannot 言传 (literal) → 言传/言傳 · yán​chuán · to convey in words

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense