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潜台词

潛台詞
qiántáicí
noun #25,568

Measure Word

一层潜台词 céng

Meanings

  1. 1 subtext
  2. 2 unspoken meaning
  3. 3 what is left unsaid
  4. 4 underlying implication

Examples

他说的话有很深的潜台词。
Tā shuō de huà yǒu hěn shēn de qiántáicí.
What he said had very deep subtext.
你听出她话里的潜台词了吗？
Nǐ tīngchū tā huà lǐ de qiántáicí le ma?
Did you pick up on the subtext in what she said?
这部电影的对话充满了潜台词。
Zhè bù diànyǐng de duìhuà chōngmǎn le qiántáicí.
The dialogue in this film is full of subtext.

Tips

memory
潜 means hidden/submerged, 台词 means stage lines/script — so 潜台词 is the hidden script, what lurks beneath the spoken words.

Stroke Order

潜 qián
台 tái
词 cí