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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

意味深长 [yìwèishēncháng]
  1. 1. Having deep meaning; thought-provoking.
    老师的话意味深长,你应该好好反思反思。
    What the teacher said is pregnant with meaning, you should reflect upon yourself.
  2. 2. adjective significant; meaningful

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

意味深长 [yìwèishēnchánɡ]
  1. 1. 内容深刻含蓄,耐人寻味。

Examples

意味深长地向她挤挤眼。
He winked meaningfully to her.
这位导演的影片中有很多意味深长的长镜头。
There are many meaningful long scenes in this director's films.
这虽是常谈,用在此处却意味深长
文章的煞尾意味深长
意味深长
an expressive nod
意味深长的点头
winged words
中肯的话;意味深长的话
the way she looked at him spoke volumes
她看他的眼神意味深长

Word Decomposition


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