显山露水 — Chinese idiom
显山露水
xiǎn shān lù shuǐ
Traditional: 顯山露水
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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