弦外有音

Pinyin: xián wài yǒu yīn Usage: 主谓式；作谓语、宾语、状语；用于人 Explanation: 比喻话语中另有间接透露、没有明说的意思。 Source: 南朝·宋·范晔《狱中与诸甥侄书》然至于一绝处，亦复何耶！其中体趣，言之不尽。弦外之意，不知所从而来。” Example: 其中一个秃头顶的人，过去是行政科长，～地说‘老厂长，别看你把我们忘了。’★蒋子龙《乔厂长上任记》 Thesaurus:  there is more to it than meets the eye; there's sth. behind all this, have one's tongue in one's cheek, Huazhongyouhua, pun, overtone, undertone, Gun with a stick clip, over tones, much more is meant than meets the eye, Between the lines, Tone in the illocutionary, idea which a word makes one think of in addition to the main meaning, connotation, hint, sth, suggestion Antonym Group:  come clean, See all express, Gepantuochu, empty the bag, Dare dare, Chang do as, contention of a hundred schools of thought, Made no endless