显而易见

顯而易見

xiǎn'éryìjiàn

idiom HSK 7-9 #6,685

Meanings

Literally 'apparent and easy to see'.

这个问题的答案显而易见。

Zhège wèntí de dá'àn xiǎn'éryìjiàn.

The answer to this question is obvious.

显而易见，他在说谎。

Xiǎn'éryìjiàn, tā zài shuōhuǎng.

Obviously, he is lying.

全球变暖的影响已经显而易见。

Quánqiú biànnuǎn de yǐngxiǎng yǐjīng xiǎn'éryìjiàn.

The effects of global warming are already plain to see.

usage

显而易见 is a formal idiom often used at the start of a sentence. In casual speech, 很明显 is more common.

显 xiǎn

而 ér

易 yì

见 jiàn