藏头露尾 — Chinese idiom
藏头露尾
cáng tóu lù wěi
Traditional: 藏頭露尾
Meaning
- to hide the head and show the tail ; to give a partial account
- half-truths
Character by character
- 藏cángto conceal, to hide; to hoard, to store
- 头tóuhead; chief, boss; first, top
- 露lùdew; leak; bare, exposed; to reveal, to show
- 尾wěitail; extremity, end; back, rear
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
- 藏器待时 cáng qì dài shí
- 藏污纳垢 cáng wū nà gòu
- 藏龙卧虎 cáng lóng wò hǔ
- 金屋藏娇 jīn wū cáng jiāo
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