弦外之音
Traditional form:
弦外之音
Pinyin (reading):
xiánwàizhīyīn
Definitions:
- overtone (music)
- (fig.) connotation
- implied meaning
Characters:
- 弦 - bow string; string instrument; hypotenuse
- 外 - out, outside, external; foreign; in addition
- 之 - marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to
- 音 - sound, tone, pitch, pronunciation
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