心中有数
xīn zhōng yǒu shù
In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.
Traditional: 心中有數
To have a clear idea of how things stand and what to do about them, even without saying so. Used to reassure others, or to say that someone knows the real situation perfectly well.
Trong lòng đã nắm rõ tình hình và biết mình phải làm gì, dù không nói ra. Dùng để trấn an người khác, hoặc để nói ai đó thừa hiểu thực tế ra sao.
Register: neutral
Examples
Editorial example (illustrative, not a corpus attestation) — awaiting a native-speaker check
Sources & notes
Hán-Việt bridge batch 062 (2026-11-13). Headword, Traditional form and pinyin checked against CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0) source ↗ · Hán-Việt reading: Unihan kVietnamese source ↗ · Vietnamese cognate: Idiomer entry “tâm trung hữu số” (tam-trung-huu-so). Definition, literal gloss and example sentence are original; the example has not had a native-speaker check yet.
Equivalents & related
Common questions
What does “心中有数” mean?
To have a clear idea of how things stand and what to do about them, even without saying so. Used to reassure others, or to say that someone knows the real situation perfectly well. Literally: in the heart there is a count
Is “心中有数” formal or informal?
心中有数 is generally neutral.