隐隐约约 — Chinese idiom
隐隐约约
yǐn yǐn yuē yuē
Traditional: 隱隱約約
Meaning
- vaguely; faintly; indistinctly
Character by character
- 隐yǐnto hide, to conceal; secret, hidden
- 隐yǐnto hide, to conceal; secret, hidden
- 约yuētreaty, covenant, agreement
- 约yuētreaty, covenant, agreement
Idioms sharing a character
- 时隐时现 shí yǐn shí xiàn
- 若隐若现 ruò yǐn ruò xiàn
- 隐恶扬善 yǐn è yáng shàn
- 难言之隐 nán yán zhī yǐn
- 不约而同 bù yuē ér tóng
- 勤俭节约 qín jiǎn jié yuē
- 博文约礼 bó wén yuē lǐ
- 厉行节约 lì xíng jié yuē
- 弃约背盟 qì yuē bèi méng
- 约定俗成 yuē dìng sú chéng
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