哑巴看戏,心里明白 啞巴看戲,心裡明白 啞巴看戲,心裏明白

a mute person watching an opera: clear in the heart

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Widely known

Meaning
Someone says nothing but understands perfectly well what is going on. Neutral to mildly knowing.
Simplified
哑巴看戏,心里明白
Traditional (Taiwan)
啞巴看戲,心裡明白
Traditional (Hong Kong)
啞巴看戲,心裏明白
Pinyin
yǎba kànxì,xīnli míngbai
Bopomofo
ㄧㄚˇ ˙ㄅㄚ ㄎㄢˋ ㄒㄧˋ,ㄒㄧㄣ ˙ㄌㄧ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ˙ㄅㄞ

Written with HSK 3 vocabulary, at CEFR level A2.

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