司
马
昭
之
心
路
人
皆
知
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m
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Z
h
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o
z
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l
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Definitions
1. lit. Sima Zhao's intentions are obvious to everyone (idiom)
2. fig. an open secret
Components
司马昭
Sī mǎ Zhāo
–
PN:Sima Zhao (211-265), military general and statesman of Cao Wei 曹魏[Cao2 Wei4]
之
zhī
–
(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5])
心路
xīn lù
–
scheme
人
rén
–
man
皆
jiē
–
all
知
zhī
–
to know