心知肚明 - Chinese Idiom

Collocation

1

做到心知肚明

2

心知肚明的事情

3

应该是心知肚明

4

大家心知肚明

Definition

心知肚明

Literally means:

have tacit under standing

Actually means:

It often indicates that one knows the situation, but does not want to tell the details.

表示对某事心里非常明白。常含有尽管明白，但不想说出详细情况的意味。

Example

Used as predicate, object or attributive. (作谓语、宾语、定语)

1

Qíshí

其实

,

yǒuxiē

有些

dōngxī

东西

dàjiā

大家

xīnzhīdǔmíng

心知肚明

,

méiyǒu

没有

bìyào

必要

ná

拿

chūlái

出来

duō

多

shuō

说

。

In fact, there are some things that we all know, there is no need to take out more to say.

2

Fángdìchǎnshāng

房地产商

huòqǔ

获取

bàolì

暴利

,

zhè

这

shì

是

xīnzhīdǔmíng

心知肚明

de

的

shì

事

,

hái

还

xūyào

需要

wǒmen

我们

duōfèikǒushé

多费口舌

ma

吗

?

Real estate developers to obtain windfall profits, this is a well-known thing, but also need us to pay more words?

3

Yǒuxiē

有些

chǎngshāng

厂商

zài

在

guǎnggào

lǐ

里

kuādà

夸大

chǎnpǐn

产品

de

的

xiàoguǒ

效果

,

jiūjìng

究竟

wèile

为了

shénme

什么

mùdì

目的

?

Dàjiā

大家

yīnggāi

应该

dōu

都

shì

是

xīnzhīdǔmíng

心知肚明

de

的

。

What is the purpose of some manufacturers to exaggerate the performance of their products in advertisements? Everyone should know.