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Meaning of 潜台词

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qián tái (Trad.: 潛台詞)
unspoken dialogue in a play, left for the audience to infer; subtext; (fig.) implicit assertion; unspoken words in a play (i.e. unambiguously hinted at, but not spoken)
Example Sentences
1
But are these hidden messages really all that hidden?
2
The subtext is that much tougher regulation is required.
3
But he didn't have to: everyone got the subtext.
4
Keohane
"The implication is that Clooney is twice the pickpocket, " Keohane says.
5
But the subtext of that old saw, that beauty is arbitrary, is wrong.