藏头露尾 — Chinese idiom

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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