意会 (yì huì) — to intuitively understand or sense (something tacitly)
Definition
意会 (yì huì) means to grasp meaning without words — to sense or intuit what someone means or how something feels. Pairs with 不可言传 ('cannot be put into words') to form the set phrase 只可意会，不可言传.
verb
to intuitively understand or sense (something tacitly)
Examples
- ，。Zhè ge dào lǐ zhǐ kě yì huì, bù róng yì jiě shì qīng chǔ.This principle can only be intuitively understood, not easily explained clearly.
- ，意会。Tā suī rán méi yǒu míng shuō, dàn wǒ yǐ jīng yì huì le tā de yì si.Although he didn't say it explicitly, I have already intuitively understood his meaning.
- 意会，。Zhè zhǒng gǎn shòu zhǐ néng yì huì, wú fǎ yòng yǔ yán biǎo dá.This kind of feeling can only be sensed intuitively, not expressed in words.
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