拈ねん華げ微み笑しょう

noun

heart-to-heart communication; wordless understanding

A Zen-derived yojijukugo referring to direct, non-verbal transmission of insight, often between master and disciple. The literal image is of holding a flower and subtly smiling. Used in literary or philosophical contexts.

• 禅ぜんでは、拈ねん華げ微み笑しょうのような以い心しん伝でん心しんが重じゅう視しされる。

  In Zen, wordless communication like 拈華微笑 is valued.

• 師し弟ていの間あいだには拈ねん華げ微み笑しょうのやりとりがあった。

  There was a heart-to-heart exchange between master and disciple.