miào​zài​bù​yán​zhōng

the charm lies in what is left unsaid

  • created sense approved 妙在不言中 · miào​zài​bù​yán​zhōng · the charm lies in what is left unsaid — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    妙在不言中

    miào​zài​bù​yán​zhōng

    the charm lies in what is left unsaid

    the beauty or charm of something is found in what is not expressed directly

    妙 (bound) → 妙 · miào · mystery 在 (literal) → 在 · zài · to be at 不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 言 (literal) → 言 · yán · speech 中 (literal) → 中 · zhōng · middle

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

    created sense