可想而知 [－－－－]

Jyutping ho2 soeng2 ji4 zi1
Pinyin kě xiǎng ér zhī

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. it is obvious that...
  2. as one can well imagine...
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 語句
    就​咁​靠​想像​都​會知​；​好明顯​就​推想到​、​引伸到
    one can well imagine; literally: one can think and know
    • 個個人都唔鐘意佢，可想而知佢個為人係點。
      个个人都唔钟意佢，可想而知佢个为人系点。
      go3 go3 jan4 dou1 m4 zung1 ji3 keoi5, ho2 soeng2 ji4 zi1 keoi5 go3 wai4 jan4 hai6 dim2.
      Everybody doesn't like him. You can imagine what he is like.
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. phrase, idiomatic
    one can well imagine
Definitions (HSK3.0)
  1. HSK3 七一九级词汇表 #2390
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    可想而知我在学汉字上花太多时间，所以我应该更好地练习语言的其他方面。
    可想而知我在學漢字上花太多時間，所以我應該更好地練習語言的其他方面。
    kě xiǎng ér zhī wǒ zài xué hàn zì shàng huā tài duō shí jiān ， suǒ yǐ wǒ yīng gāi gèng hǎo dì liàn xí yǔ yán de qí tā fāng miàn 。
    • It's obvious that I spend too much time studying Chinese characters, so I ought to study other aspects of the language more.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    个个人都唔钟意佢，可想而知佢个为人系点。
    個個人都唔鐘意佢，可想而知佢個為人係點。
    go3 go3 jan4 dou1 m4 zung1 ji3 keoi5, ho2 soeng2 ji4 zi1 keoi5 go3 wai4 jan4 hai6 dim2.
    • Everybody doesn't like him. You can imagine what he is like.