"take the hint" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 领会暗示
• 明白暗示

Definition

理解对方含蓄表达的意思，通常指别人没有直接说出来。如果你“领会暗示”，你就明白了对方真正想表达的内容。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

属于口语表达，多见于社交场合。通常用于对方用暗示、侧面表达却没被领会时。比如“你怎么就领会不到我的暗示呢？”表示对方没懂你的意思。

Examples

She kept looking at the door, hoping he would take the hint and leave.

她一直看门，希望他能**领会暗示**自己离开。

If you want him to stop talking, maybe he'll take the hint if you look at your watch.

如果你希望他别再说话，也许你看下手表他就会**明白暗示**。

He didn't take the hint, so I had to tell him directly.

他没有**领会暗示**，所以我只好直接说了。

Okay, I'll leave now—no need to say more, I can take the hint.

好吧，我现在就走——不用再说了，我**明白暗示**了。

Some people never take the hint, no matter how obvious you make it.

有些人总是**领会不到暗示**，无论多明显。

I dropped so many hints about being tired, but she just wouldn’t take the hint.

我暗示了好多次自己很累，但她就是不**明白暗示**。