听话听声，锣鼓听音 tīng huà tīng shēng ， luó gǔ tīng yīn

DEFINITIONS

  1. to understand the unspoken implications (idiom)

CHARACTERS

听 tīng
HSK 1
hear; understand; obey, comply
话 huà
HSK 1
speech, talk, language; dialect
听 tīng
HSK 1
hear; understand; obey, comply
声 shēng
HSK 3
sound, voice, noise; tone; music
锣 luó gong
鼓 gǔ
HSK 4
drum; beat, top, strike
听 tīng
HSK 1
hear; understand; obey, comply
音 yīn
HSK 3
sound, tone, pitch, pronunciation