潜台词 in English qian2 tai2 ci2 Meaning

Meanings

  • unspoken dialogue in a play, left for the audience to infer
  • subtext
  • (metaphorically) implicit assertion

Simplified Characters

潜 台 词

Traditional Characters

潛 臺 詞

Pinyin

qian2 tai2 ci2

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

潜qian2hidden 台tai2Taiwan (abbr.) 词ci2old variant of 詞|词[ci2]