字里行间 — Chinese idiom
字里行间
zì lǐ háng jiān
Traditional: 字裡行間
Meaning
- between the words and the lines ; implied meaning
- connotations
Character by character
- 字zìcharacter, letter, symbol, word
- 里lǐunit of distance equal to 0.5km; village; lane
- 行hángto go, to walk, to move; professional
- 间jiānbetween, among; midpoint; space, place, locality
Idioms sharing a character
- 一字一泪 yī zì yī lèi
- 一字不差 yī zì bù chà
- 一字不提 yī zì bù tí
- 一字千金 yī zì qiān jīn
- 一字褒贬 yī zì bāo biǎn
- 咬文嚼字 yǎo wén jiáo zì
- 天文数字 tiān wén shù zì
- 字字珠玉 zì zì zhū yù
- 字字珠玑 zì zì zhū jī
- 字正腔圆 zì zhèng qiāng yuán
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