| 可以意会，不可言传 |
kě yǐ yì huì , bù kě yán chuán |
can be understood, but not described (idiom, from Zhuangzi 庄子); mysterious and subtle |
| 可 |
kě |
(prefix) can; may; able to; -able / to approve; to permit / to suit / (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very / but; however |
| 可 |
kè |
used in 可汗 |
| 可以 |
kě yǐ |
can / may / possible / able to / not bad / pretty good |
| 以 |
yǐ |
old variant of 以 |
| 以 |
yǐ |
old variant of 以 |
| 以 |
Yǐ |
abbr. for Israel 以色列 |
| 以 |
yǐ |
to use / by means of / according to / in order to / because of / at (a certain date or place) |
| 意 |
Yì |
Italy; Italian (abbr. for 意大利) |
| 意 |
yì |
idea / meaning / thought / to think / wish / desire / intention / to expect / to anticipate |
| 意会 |
yì huì |
to sense / to grasp intuitively |
| 会 |
huì |
can; to have the skill; to know how to / to be likely to; to be sure to / to meet; to get together / meeting; gathering / (suffix) union; group; association / (bound form) a moment (Taiwan pr. [hui3]) |
| 会 |
kuài |
(bound form) to reckon accounts |
| 不 |
bù |
no; not so / (bound form) not; un- |
| 不可 |
bù kě |
cannot; should not; must not |
| 可 |
kě |
(prefix) can; may; able to; -able / to approve; to permit / to suit / (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very / but; however |
| 可 |
kè |
used in 可汗 |
| 可言 |
kě yán |
it may be said |
| 言 |
yán |
words / speech / to say / to talk |
| 言传 |
yán chuán |
to convey in words |
| 传 |
chuán |
to pass on / to spread / to transmit / to infect / to transfer / to circulate / to conduct (electricity) |
| 传 |
zhuàn |
biography / historical narrative / commentaries / relay station |