深藏若虚 — Chinese idiom
深藏若虚
shēn cáng ruò xū
Traditional: 深藏若虛
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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