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不言而喻
bù yán ér yù
it goes without saying
HSK 6Mythic
What does 不言而喻 mean?
不言而喻 (pinyin: bù yán ér yù) means it goes without saying. It belongs to the official HSK 6 vocabulary (mastery), among the most frequent words of everyday Chinese.
Example with 不言而喻
Character families
Every HSK 1–4 word containing 不 · Every HSK 1–4 word containing 而
The characters of 不言而喻
| 不 | bù | not (HSK 1) |
| 言 | yán | component character |
| 而 | ér | and (used to connect two adjectives or clauses) (HSK 4) |
| 喻 | yù | component character |
Related HSK 6 words
| 枯竭 | kū jié | depleted, exhausted |
| 勘探 | kān tàn | prospect, explore (for resources) |
| 抱负 | bào fù | ambition, aspiration |
| 相等 | xiāng děng | equal, equivalent |
| 周折 | zhōu zhé | twists and turns, complications |
| 依托 | yī tuō | to rely on, depend on |
| 风气 | fēng qì | social atmosphere, trend |
| 情理 | qíng lǐ | reason, common sense |
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