听话听声，锣鼓听音
tīng​huà​tīng​shēng​luó​gǔ​tīng​yīn

to understand unspoken implications

  • created sense approved 听话听声，锣鼓听音/聽話聽聲，鑼鼓聽音 · tīng​huà​tīng​shēng​luó​gǔ​tīng​yīn · to understand unspoken implications — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    听话听声，锣鼓听音 / 聽話聽聲，鑼鼓聽音

    tīng​huà​tīng​shēng​luó​gǔ​tīng​yīn

    to understand unspoken implications

    to read between the lines; to understand the underlying meaning of what someone is saying

    听话 (literal) → 听话/聽話 · tīng​huà · to listen to someone 听 (literal) → 听/聽 · tīng · to listen 声 (literal) → 声/聲 · shēng · sound ， (non_chinese) 锣鼓 (literal) → 锣鼓/鑼鼓 · luó​gǔ · gong and drum 听 (literal) → 听/聽 · tīng · to listen 音 (literal) → 音 · yīn · sound

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

    created sense