藏器待时 — Chinese idiom
藏器待时
cáng qì dài shí
Traditional: 藏器待時
Meaning
- to conceal one's abilities and wait ; to lie low and await the opportune moment
Character by character
- 藏cángto conceal, to hide; to hoard, to store
- 器qìdevice, instrument, tool; receptacle, vessel
- 待dàito entertain, to receive, to treat; to delay, to w
- 时shítime, season; period, era, age
Idioms sharing a character
- 剖腹藏珠 pōu fù cáng zhū
- 包藏祸心 bāo cáng huò xīn
- 深藏若虚 shēn cáng ruò xū
- 笑里藏刀 xiào lǐ cáng dāo
- 绵里藏针 mián lǐ cáng zhēn
- 卧虎藏龙 wò hǔ cáng lóng
- 藏污纳垢 cáng wū nà gòu
- 藏头露尾 cáng tóu lù wěi
- 藏龙卧虎 cáng lóng wò hǔ
- 金屋藏娇 jīn wū cáng jiāo
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