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Mandarin · pinyin huà zhōng yǒu huà

one's words carry an implicit meaning

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話: huà · speech, talk, language; dialect
中: zhōng · central; center, middle; in the midst of; hit (target); attain
有: yǒu · have, own, possess; exist
话: huà · speech, talk, language; dialect

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4–1–3–4 · hua4 zhong1 you3 hua4

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(idiomatic) there are unspoken implications in one's words

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