锋芒内敛 — Chinese idiom
锋芒内敛
fēng máng nèi liǎn
Traditional: 鋒芒內斂
Meaning
- to be talented yet self-effacing
Character by character
- 锋fēngspear-point; edge, point, tip
- 芒mángblade; ray; silvergrass, Miscanthus sinensis
- 内nèiinside
- 敛liǎnto collect, to extort
Idioms sharing a character
- 及锋而试 jí fēng ér shì
- 冲锋陷阵 chōng fēng xiàn zhèn
- 针锋相对 zhēn fēng xiāng duì
- 光芒万丈 guāng máng wàn zhàng
- 芒刺在背 máng cì zài bèi
- 内忧外困 nèi yōu wài kùn
- 内忧外患 nèi yōu wài huàn
- 外圆内方 wài yuán nèi fāng
- 外宽内忌 wài kuān nèi jì
- 攘外安内 rǎng wài ān nèi
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