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司馬昭之心路人皆知
简 司马昭之心路人皆知 · 繁 司馬昭之心路人皆知Mandarin · pinyin Sī mǎ Zhāo zhī xīn lù rén jiē zhī
Meanings
- lit. Sima Zhao's intentions are obvious to everyone (idiom)
- fig. an open secret
Characters in this entry
- 司
- sī · take charge of, control, manage; officer
- 馬
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- 昭
- zhāo · bright, luminous; illustrious
- 之
- zhī · marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to
- 心
- xīn · heart; mind, intelligence; soul; 5th lunar mansion, determinative star α Scorpii (Antares)
- 路
- lù · road, path, street; journey
- 人
- rén · man; people; mankind; someone else
- 皆
- jiē · all, every, everybody
- 知
- zhī · know, perceive, comprehend
- 马
- mǎ · horse; surname; Kangxi radical 187
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Mandarin tones
1–3–1–1–1–4–2–1–1 · Si1 ma3 Zhao1 zhi1 xin1 lu4 ren2 jie1 zhi1
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