可想而知
kě xiǎng ér zhī
Pinyin

Definition

可想而知
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kě xiǎng ér zhī
  1. it is obvious that...
  2. as one can well imagine...

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

可
kě
  1. 1 can
  2. 2 may
  3. 3 able to
  4. 4 to approve
  5. 5 to permit
  6. 6 to suit
  7. 7 (particle used for emphasis) certainly
  8. 8 very
可以
kě yǐ
  1. 1 can
  2. 2 may
  3. 3 possible
  4. 4 able to
  5. 5 not bad
  6. 6 pretty good
想
xiǎng
  1. 1 to think
  2. 2 to believe
  3. 3 to suppose
  4. 4 to wish
  5. 5 to want
  6. 6 to miss (feel wistful about the absence of sb or sth)
知道
zhī dào
  1. 1 to know
  2. 2 to become aware of
  3. 3 also pr. [zhī dao]
而
ér
  1. 1 and
  2. 2 as well as
  3. 3 and so
  4. 4 but (not)
  5. 5 yet (not)
  6. 6 (indicates causal relation)
  7. 7 (indicates change of state)
  8. 8 (indicates contrast)

Idioms (20)

一哄而散
yī hōng ér sàn
  1. 1 to disperse in confusion (idiom)
一问三不知
yī wèn sān bù zhī
  1. 1 lit. to reply "don't know" whatever the question (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. absolutely no idea of what's going on
  3. 3 complete ignorance
一拥而入
yī yōng ér rù
  1. 1 to swarm in (of people etc) (idiom)
一望而知
yī wàng ér zhī
  1. 1 to be evident at a glance (idiom)
一概而论
yī gài ér lùn
  1. 1 to lump different matters together (idiom)

Sample Sentences

就拿一款叫“荣威”的轿车来说，看似尊贵，但读音却像极了"wrong way"，感觉像“跑错了路”，品牌效应可想而知。
jiù ná yī kuǎn jiào “róngwēi ”de jiàochē láishuō ，kàn shì zūnguì ，dàn dúyīn què xiàng jí le "wrong way "，gǎnjué xiàng “pǎo cuò le lù ”，pǐnpáixiàoyìng kěxiǎngérzhī 。
Think of a name like ``Rong Wei" for a sedan. It seems very respectable, but it sounds very much like ``Wrong Way." You can imagine the effect of this brand name.
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瞎说，我眼光高什么？现在实在是没有什么理想的男人。好的都给人挑光了，比如你男朋友。剩下的那些，素质就可想而知了。
xiāshuō ，wǒ yǎnguāng gāo shénme ？xiànzài shízài shì méiyǒu shénme lǐxiǎng de nánrén 。hǎo de dōu gěi rén tiāo guāng le ，bǐrú nǐ nánpéngyou 。shèngxià de nàxiē ，sùzhì jiù kěxiǎngérzhī le 。
Baloney. You think my standards are too high? These days there really aren't any ideal men. The good ones are all taken, like your boyfriend. As for the rest of them, you can imagine what they're like.
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