听话听声，锣鼓听音 in English ting1 hua4 ting1 sheng1 , luo2 gu3 ting1 yin1 Meaning

Meanings

  • to understand the unspoken implications (idiomatic expression)

Simplified Characters

听 话 听 声 ， 锣 鼓 听 音

Traditional Characters

聽 話 聽 聲 ， 鑼 鼓 聽 音

Pinyin

ting1 hua4 ting1 sheng1 , luo2 gu3 ting1 yin1

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

听ting1smile (archaic) 话hua4dialect 听ting1smile (archaic) 声sheng1sound ， 锣luo2gong 鼓gu3old variant of 鼓[gu3] 听ting1smile (archaic) 音yin1sound