lit. Sima Zhao's intentions are obvious to everyone (idiom); fig. an open secret
trad. 司馬昭之心路人皆知
Also written 司馬昭之心路人皆知【Sī mǎ Zhāo zhī xīn lù rén jiē zhī】
Characters in this word
9司
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surname Si
- Pinyin
- Sī
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 15887 of 2500
马
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surname Ma, abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞|马来西亚[Ma3 lai2 xi1 ya4]
- Pinyin
- Mǎ
- Traditional
- 馬
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 1030 of 2500
昭
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bright, clear, manifest, to show clearly
- Pinyin
- zhāo
- Strokes
- 9
之
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]), him, her, it
- Pinyin
- zhī
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 475 of 2500
心
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heart, mind, intention, center, core, CL:顆|颗[ke1],個|个[ge4]
- Pinyin
- xīn
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 837 of 2500
路
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surname Lu
- Pinyin
- Lù
- Strokes
- 13
- Frequency
- 725 of 2500
人
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person; people, CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
- Pinyin
- rén
- Strokes
- 2
- Frequency
- 30 of 2500
皆
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all, each and every, in all cases
- Pinyin
- jiē
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 5113 of 2500
知
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to know, to be aware
- Pinyin
- zhī
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 3344 of 2500