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不言而喻

bù yán ér yù

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 4-character word

不言而喻 (bù yán ér yù) means "it goes without saying; it is self-evident". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 不言而喻 means

1. idiomit goes without saying; it is self-evident

The characters in 不言而喻

• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 言yánwords; speech; to say
• 而érand; as well as; and so
• 喻yùto describe sth as; an analogy; a simile

Example sentences

• 不言而喻。
  Bùyán'éryù.
  That goes without saying.

Where 不言而喻 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · bù (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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