卧虎藏龙 — Chinese idiom
卧虎藏龙
wò hǔ cáng lóng
Traditional: 臥虎藏龍
Meaning
- lit. hidden dragon, crouching tiger
- fig. talented individuals in hiding
- concealed talent
Character by character
- 卧wòto crouch; to lie down
- 虎hǔtiger; brave, fierce; surname
- 藏cángto conceal, to hide; to hoard, to store
- 龙lóngdragon; symbol of the emperor
Idioms sharing a character
- 盘龙卧虎 pán lóng wò hǔ
- 卧薪尝胆 wò xīn cháng dǎn
- 藏龙卧虎 cáng lóng wò hǔ
- 食荼卧棘 shí tú wò jí
- 三人成虎 sān rén chéng hǔ
- 两虎相争 liǎng hǔ xiāng zhēng
- 势成骑虎 shì chéng qí hǔ
- 如虎添翼 rú hǔ tiān yì
- 打马虎眼 dǎ mǎ hu yǎn
- 暴虎冯河 bào hǔ píng hé
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