盘龙卧虎 — Chinese idiom
盘龙卧虎
pán lóng wò hǔ
Traditional: 盤龍臥虎
Meaning
- lit. coiled dragon, crouching tiger
- fig. talented individuals in hiding
- concealed talent
Character by character
- 盘pántray, plate, dish; to examine
- 龙lóngdragon; symbol of the emperor
- 卧wòto crouch; to lie down
- 虎hǔtiger; brave, fierce; surname
Idioms sharing a character
- 一盘散沙 yī pán sǎn shā
- 打小算盘 dǎ xiǎo suàn pán
- 杯盘狼藉 bēi pán láng jí
- 沙盘推演 shā pán tuī yǎn
- 盘旋曲折 pán xuán qū zhé
- 盘根问底 pán gēn wèn dǐ
- 盘根究底 pán gēn jiū dǐ
- 盘根错节 pán gēn cuò jié
- 虎踞龙盘 hǔ jù lóng pán
- 人中龙凤 rén zhōng lóng fèng
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