司马昭之心路人皆知
Traditional form:
司馬昭之心路人皆知
Pinyin (reading):
Sīmǎ Zhāozhīxīnlùrénjiēzhī
Definitions:
- lit. Sima Zhao's intentions are obvious to everyone (idiom)
- fig. an open secret
Characters:
- 司 - to take charge of, to control, to manage; officer
- 马 - horse; surname
- 昭 - bright, luminous; clear, manifest
- 之 - marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to
- 心 - heart; mind; soul
- 路 - road, path, street; journey
- 人 - man, person; people
- 皆 - all, every, everybody
- 知 - to know, to perceive, to comprehend
Traditional characters:
- 司 - to take charge of, to control, to manage; officer
- 馬 - horse; surname
- 昭 - bright, luminous; clear, manifest
- 之 - marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to
- 心 - heart; mind; soul
- 路 - road, path, street; journey
- 人 - man, person; people
- 皆 - all, every, everybody
- 知 - to know, to perceive, to comprehend