可以意会，不可言传 — “Can be understood by intuition, cannot be expressed in words”
可以意会，不可言传 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “Something that can be understood intuitively or implicitly, but cannot be adequately expressed or conveyed through words; incommunicable by words”. Literally, “can be understood by intuition, cannot be expressed in words”.
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More idioms starting with 可
- kě可yī一ér而bù不kě可zài再once in a lifetime opportunity
- kě可dīng丁kě可mǎo卯just right
- kě可chéng乘zhī之jī机exploitable opportunity
- kě可chéng乘zhī之xì隙exploitable weakness or opportunity
- kě可fā发yī一jué噱truly amusing or laughable
- kě可tóng同huàn患，，nán难chu处ān安share adversity, not prosperity
- kě可xǐ喜kě可è愕both delightful and astonishing
- kě可xǐ喜kě可hè贺worthy of joy and congratulations
- kě可xīn心rù如yì意to one's heart's content
- kě可lián怜xī兮xī兮looking pitiful and pathetic
- kě可lián怜bā巴bā巴piteous and pathetic
- kě可xiǎng想ér而zhī知it can well be imagined
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What does 可以意会，不可言传 mean?
可以意会，不可言传 (kě yǐ yì huì ， bù kě yán chuán) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “Something that can be understood intuitively or implicitly, but cannot be adequately expressed or conveyed through words; incommunicable by words”.
How do you pronounce 可以意会，不可言传?
可以意会，不可言传 is pronounced kě yǐ yì huì ， bù kě yán chuán in Mandarin Chinese.
What does 可以意会，不可言传 literally mean?
Literally, 可以意会，不可言传 means “can be understood by intuition, cannot be expressed in words”. It is used to mean “Something that can be understood intuitively or implicitly, but cannot be adequately expressed or conveyed through words; incommunicable by words”.
What is the Chinese definition of 可以意会，不可言传?
会：领会，理解。只能心领神会，无法用语言来表达