藏污纳垢 — Chinese idiom
藏污纳垢
cáng wū nà gòu
Traditional: 藏污納垢
Meaning
- to hide dirt, to conceal corruption ; to shelter evil people and accept wrongdoing
- aiding and abetting wicked deeds
Character by character
- 藏cángto conceal, to hide; to hoard, to store
- 污wūfilthy, dirty; polluted, impure
- 纳nàto adopt, to accept; to receive, to take
- 垢gòudirt, filth, stains; dirty; disgraceful
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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