司马昭之心路人皆知

Traditional: 司馬昭之心路人皆知

Sī mǎ Zhāo zhī xīn lù rén jiē zhī

Dictionary entry

lit. Sima Zhao's intentions are obvious to everyone (idiom)

What does 司马昭之心路人皆知 mean?

司马昭之心路人皆知 (Sī mǎ Zhāo zhī xīn lù rén jiē zhī) has the following dictionary meaning.

1lit. Sima Zhao's intentions are obvious to everyone (idiom)

2fig. an open secret

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司Sīsurname Si 马Mǎsurname Ma · abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞|马来西亚[Ma3 lai2 xi1 ya4]昭zhāobright · clear 之zhī(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]) · him 心xīnheart · mind 路Lùsurname Lu 人rénperson; people · CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]皆jiēall · each and every

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司马昭之心路人皆知

Sī mǎ Zhāo zhī xīn lù rén jiē zhī

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