深藏若虚 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• to hide one's treasure away so that no-one knows about it ; fig. modest about one's talents
• to hide one's light under a bushel

Character by character

• 深shēndeep, profound; depth
• 藏cángto conceal, to hide; to hoard, to store
• 若ruòif, supposing, assuming; similar
• 虚xūfalse; worthless, hollow, empty; vain

Idioms sharing a character

• 交浅言深 jiāo qiǎn yán shēn
• 创巨痛深 chuāng jù tòng shēn
• 博大精深 bó dà jīng shēn
• 夜深人静 yè shēn rén jìng
• 如临深渊 rú lín shēn yuān
• 寓意深远 yù yì shēn yuǎn
• 寓意深长 yù yì shēn cháng
• 山高海深 shān gāo hǎi shēn
• 感人至深 gǎn rén zhì shēn
• 日久岁深 rì jiǔ suì shēn

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