"understood" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
家喻户晓 家喻戶曉 jiā yù hù xiǎo understood by everyone (idiom) / well known / a household name syn
不清楚 bù qīng chu unclear / not understood / currently unknown syn
神经衰弱 神經衰弱 shén jīng shuāi ruò nervous exhaustion / neurasthenia / mental breakdown (often used to describe what is now understood to be clinical depression) syn
妇孺皆知 婦孺皆知 fù rú jiē zhī understood by everyone (idiom) / well known / a household name syn
路人皆知 lù rén jiē zhī understood by everyone (idiom) / well known / a household name syn
冏彻 冏徹 jiǒng chè bright and easily understood / clear / transparent
只可意会，不可言传 只可意會，不可言傳 zhǐ kě yì huì , bù kě yán chuán can be understood, but not described (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3]) / mysterious and subtle
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 understood, but not described (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3]) / mysterious and subtle
易理解 yì lǐ jiě easy to grasp / easily understood
通太 tōng tài (dialect) clear (i.e. thoroughly understood) / (literary) comfortable / at ease / unburdened / variant of 通泰[tong1tai4]
通泰 tōng tài (dialect) clear (i.e. thoroughly understood) / (literary) comfortable / at ease / unburdened
罕譬而喻 hǎn pì ér yù (idiom) To speak so clearly and concisely that many comparisons are unnecessary for the meaning to be understood.
明若观火 明若觀火 míng ruò guān huǒ (idiom) As clear as looking at a fire. Describes something understood with complete clarity.
食而不化 shí ér bù huà (idiom) It means to eat without digesting. Figuratively, it describes learning that has not been properly understood or assimilated.
五里雾 wǔ lǐ wù (idiom) A state of confusion and uncertainty in which the truth is not clearly understood.
相知有素 xiāng zhī yǒu sù (idiom) Describes friends who have known and understood each other for a long time. It emphasizes an established and solid relationship.
意在言外 yì zài yán wài (idiom) The speaker's real intention is not stated plainly but can be understood through careful reflection. It describes language that is implicit and suggestive. syn
一了千明 yī liǎo qiān míng (idiom) Once the main issue is understood, the remaining questions become clear as well.
一场误会 yī chǎng wù huì (idiom) A misunderstanding caused by wrongly blaming or misjudging someone. It refers to a specific mistake in how a person or matter was understood.
一彻万融 yī chè wàn róng (idiom) Once a key point is understood, the others become clear naturally. It is equivalent to “understanding one thing and thereby understanding many things.”
一窍通，百窍通 一竅通，百竅通 yī qiào tōng，bǎi qiào tōng (idiom) Once the key point is understood, the other aspects become clear as well. It emphasizes the decisive role of grasping one essential idea.
一言而喻 yī yán ér yù (idiom) A single sentence is enough to make something understood or explain it clearly.
七月流火 qī yuè liú huǒ (idiom) Indicates that summer is ending and autumn is approaching, with cold weather to come. It is often mistakenly understood as referring to the heat of July.
上闻下达 上聞下達 shàng wén xià dá (idiom) To inform those above and make matters understood by those below.
久孤于世 jiǔ gū yú shì (idiom) People with genuine talent and learning may remain isolated for a long time when they are not understood by society or are pushed aside by others.
以正视听 以正視聽 yǐ zhèng shì tīng (idiom) To ensure that facts are understood correctly. It is especially used when correcting misleading information.
尊闻行知 尊聞行知 zūn wén xíng zhī (idiom) To value the opinions one hears and put into practice the principles one has understood.
意见言外 意見言外 yì jiàn yán wài (idiom) The true meaning is not stated explicitly but can be understood through careful reflection.
手指脚划 shǒu zhǐ jiǎo huá (idiom) To gesture with one's hands and feet in order to make oneself understood.
推聋做哑 推聾做啞 tuī lóng zuò yǎ (idiom) To pretend to be deaf and mute / deliberately act as though one has not heard, understood, or known something.
旁通曲鬯 páng tōng qǔ chàng (idiom) To be accessible and understood in all respects / to extend broadly and smoothly.
比比划划 bǐ bǐ huà huà (idiom) To use hand gestures to make oneself understood while speaking.
牙生辍弦 yá shēng chuò xián (idiom) It refers to Boya’s no longer playing the qin while alive. It expresses profound grief at the death of a friend who truly understood one’s talent.
知希之贵 知希之貴 zhī xī zhī guì (idiom) What is understood by few people appears all the more precious.
神灭形消 神滅形消 shén miè xíng xiāo (idiom) Refers to death, understood as the disappearance of both spirit and body.
红炉点雪 hóng lú diǎn xuě (idiom) Like a snowflake dropped into a blazing furnace, an idea is understood or accepted immediately, and the mind changes very quickly.
耳顺之年 耳順之年 ér shùn zhī nián (idiom) The age of sixty, traditionally understood as the time when one can understand others' words without confusion and discern truth from falsehood.
遁天倍情 dùn tiān bèi qíng (idiom) To act against one’s natural disposition and add conventional social emotions. It can also be understood as violating one’s innate nature and genuine feelings.
不清楚 bù qīng chu unclear / not understood / currently unknown syn
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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