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可想而知

kě xiǎng ér zhī

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 4-character word

可想而知 (kě xiǎng ér zhī) means "it is obvious that...; as one can well imagine...". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 可想而知 means

1. idiom(it) goes without saying; can well be imagined

The characters in 可想而知

• 可kě(prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit
• 想xiǎngto think (about); to think of; to devise; to think (that); to believe (that)
• 而érand; as well as; and so
• 知zhīto know; to be aware

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