韬光养晦 — Chinese idiom
韬光养晦
tāo guāng yǎng huì
Traditional: 韜光養晦
Meaning
- to conceal one's strengths and bide one's time
- to hide one's light under a bushel
Character by character
- 韬tāosheath, scabbard, bow case
- 光guānglight; bright, brilliant; only, merely
- 养yǎngto raise, to rear, to bring up; to support
- 晦huìdark, obscure, unclear; night
Idioms sharing a character
- 五光十色 wǔ guāng shí sè
- 光前裕后 guāng qián yù hòu
- 光天化日 guāng tiān huà rì
- 光明磊落 guāng míng lěi luò
- 光耀门楣 guāng yào mén méi
- 光芒万丈 guāng máng wàn zhàng
- 光说不做 guāng shuō bù zuò
- 光说不练 guāng shuō bù liàn
- 光阴似箭 guāng yīn sì jiàn
- 光阴荏苒 guāng yīn rěn rǎn
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