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可以意会，不可言传

kě yǐ yì huì , bù kě yán chuán

9-character word Traditional 可以意會，不可言傳

What 可以意会，不可言传 means

1. can be understood, but not described (idiom, from Zhuangzi {庄子|Zhuāng zǐ}); mysterious and subtle

The characters in 可以意会，不可言传

• 可kě(prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit
• 以yǐto use; by means of; according to
• 意yì(bound form) idea; thought; meaning; sense; (bound form) intention; feeling; inclination…
• 会huìcan; to have the skill; to know how to; to be likely to; to be sure to; to meet…
• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 可kě(prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit
• 言yánwords; speech; to say
• 传chuánto pass on; to spread; to transmit