可想而知 — Chinese idiom
可想而知
kě xiǎng ér zhī
Meaning
- (it) goes without saying; can well be imagined
Character by character
- 可kěmay, can, -able; possibly
- 想xiǎngto believe, to wish for; to consider, to plan, to
- 而érand, and then, and yet; but
- 知zhīto know, to perceive, to comprehend
Idioms sharing a character
- 一蹴可几 yī cù kě jī
- 不可一世 bù kě yī shì
- 不可胜言 bù kě shèng yán
- 不可告人 bù kě gào rén
- 不可思议 bù kě sī yì
- 不可抗拒 bù kě kàng jù
- 不可收拾 bù kě shōu shi
- 不可枚举 bù kě méi jǔ
- 不可理喻 bù kě lǐ yù
- 不可端倪 bù kě duān ní
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