只可意会，不可言传

Traditional form:

只可意會，不可言傳

Pinyin (reading):

zhǐkěyìhuì,bùkěyánchuán

Definitions:

• can be understood, but not described (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子／庄子 ( Zhuāngzǐ)); mysterious and subtle

Characters:

• 只 - only, merely, just
• 可 - may, can, -able; possibly
• 意 - thought, idea, opinion; desire, wish; meaning, intention
• 会 - to assemble, to meet; meeting; association, group
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 可 - may, can, -able; possibly
• 言 - words, speech; to speak, to say
• 传 - to pass on; to propagate; to transmit; summons

Traditional characters:

• 只 - only, merely, just
• 可 - may, can, -able; possibly
• 意 - thought, idea, opinion; desire, wish; meaning, intention
• 會 - to assemble, to meet; meeting; association, group
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 可 - may, can, -able; possibly
• 言 - words, speech; to speak, to say
• 傳 - to pass on; to propagate; to transmit; summons