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Jyutping sam1 ziu3 bat1 syun1
Pinyin xīn zhào bù xuān

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to have a tacit understanding
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 語句
    唔​使講​就​已​經明
    to have a tacit understanding
    • 佢兩個朝夕相處多年,好多嘢都心照不宣。
      佢两个朝夕相处多年,好多嘢都心照不宣。
      keoi5 loeng5 go3 ziu1 zik6 soeng1 cyu5 do1 nin4, hou2 do1 je5 dou1 sam1 ziu3 bat1 syun1.
      Both of them get along for many years. They know each other's mind well.
  2. 近義詞
    心照
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. phrase, idiomatic
    to understand something but not voice it; to have a tacit understanding
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. (沒有對應漢語詞彙)
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    他们俩彼此心照不宣。
    他們倆彼此心照不宣。
    tā men liǎ bǐ cǐ xīn zhào bù xuān 。
    • They have a secret understanding between them.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    佢两个朝夕相处多年,好多嘢都心照不宣。
    佢兩個朝夕相處多年,好多嘢都心照不宣。
    keoi5 loeng5 go3 ziu1 zik6 soeng1 cyu5 do1 nin4, hou2 do1 je5 dou1 sam1 ziu3 bat1 syun1.
    • Both of them get along for many years. They know each other's mind well.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    莉经常说辉是她肚子里的蛔虫,好多的事情都不用说,也就是心照不宣吧。
    莉經常説輝是她肚子裏的蛔蟲,好多的事情都不用説,也就是心照不宣吧。
    lì jīng cháng shuō huī shì tā dù zi lǐ de huí chóng , hǎo duō de shì qing dōu bù yòng shuō , yě jiù shì xīn zhào bù xuān ba .
    • Li often said that Hui could read her mind; many things were implicitly understood without needing to be said out loud.