can only be sensed
Chinese idiom, Pinyin is B ù K ě y á NCHU á n, which means that you can only understand some things, not express them in words. From the biography of lanterns in Jingde.
The origin of Idioms
Song Shi Daoyuan's "Jingde Zhuandeng Lu" Volume 25: "all dharmas are silent and can't declare. How can a monk be a man?" Yuanji juding in Ming Dynasty, Volume 24 of xuchuandenglu: "wonderful deeds can not be realized, and true evidence can not be explained."
Idiom usage
As predicate and attributive, it can be used as an example of reason, etc. The record of talking about guests cited in Volume 15 of Lei Shuo by Zeng Zhen in Song Dynasty
Analysis of Idioms
Antonym: teaching by example
Chinese PinYin : bù kě yán chuán
can only be sensed
fully inclusive and equitable. jiān róng bìng xù
abuse the law and practise favouritism. xùn qíng wǎng fǎ
Silkworms die in spring. chūn cán dào sǐ sī fāng jìn
in the prime of one 's life. chūn qiū dǐng shèng
the wily hare has three holes to his burrow. jiǎo tù sān kū
make foreign things serve China. yáng wéi zhōng yòng
graceful and handsome like a bird spreading its wings or a pheasant showing off its resplendent feather in flight -- descriptive of buildings. niǎo gé huī fēi