Universal Telepathy

If I hear someone speaking Chinese, then I hear the sounds that he utters but do not know their meanings. The same applies if my hearing is sensitive enough to detect his subvocalizations and would also apply if I were able to "read his mind" to the extent of knowing which Chinese words he was currently inwardly thinking. For this reason, I used to think that the universal telepathy of Poul Anderson's character, Aycharaych, was simply impossible.

However, a Chinese man not only thinks certain words but also understands them. Therefore, I suggest the following scenario, in which I refer not to a Chinaman but to a hydrogen-breathing, Jovoid-planet-inhabiting Ymirite:

the Ymirite thinks in certain symbols and understands them;

both the Ymirite symbolic expression and the Ymirite's understanding of it are reproduced in Aychayach's mind;

a moment later, Aycharaych remembers not only the symbols but also the understanding of them;

he does not detect the symbols without understanding them but detects the understanding.