司马昭之心路人皆知 in English Si1 ma3 Zhao1 zhi1 xin1 lu4 ren2 jie1 zhi1 Meaning

Meanings

• literally (word for word) Sima Zhao's intentions are obvious to everyone (idiomatic expression)
• metaphorically an open secret

Pinyin

Si1 ma3 Zhao1 zhi1 xin1 lu4 ren2 jie1 zhi1

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

司si1surname Si 马ma3surname Ma 昭zhao1bright 之zhi1(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]) 心xin1heart 路lu4surname Lu 人ren2man 皆jie1all 知zhi1to know