显山露水 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• to reveal one's talent

Character by character

• 显xiǎnclear, evident; prominent; to show
• 山shānmountain, hill, peak
• 露lùdew; leak; bare, exposed; to reveal, to show
• 水shuǐwater, liquid, lotion, juice

Idioms sharing a character

• 各显所长 gè xiǎn suǒ cháng
• 大显身手 dà xiǎn shēn shǒu
• 浅显易懂 qiǎn xiǎn yì dǒng
• 显而易见 xiǎn ér yì jiàn
• 不识泰山 bù shí Tài Shān
• 人山人海 rén shān rén hǎi
• 刀山火海 dāo shān huǒ hǎi
• 名落孙山 míng luò Sūn Shān
• 地动山摇 dì dòng shān yáo
• 坐吃山空 zuò chī shān kōng

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