遵时养晦 — Chinese idiom
遵时养晦
zūn shí yǎng huì
Traditional: 遵時養晦
Meaning
- to bide one's time, waiting for an opportunity to stage a comeback in public life
Character by character
- 遵zūnto follow, to comply with; to honor
- 时shítime, season; period, era, age
- 养yǎngto raise, to rear, to bring up; to support
- 晦huìdark, obscure, unclear; night
Idioms sharing a character
- 一时半刻 yī shí bàn kè
- 不识时务 bù shí shí wù
- 不识时变 bù shí shí biàn
- 俗随时变 sú suí shí biàn
- 切中时弊 qiè zhòng shí bì
- 切中时病 qiè zhòng shí bìng
- 及时行乐 jí shí xíng lè
- 名噪一时 míng zào yī shí
- 因时制宜 yīn shí zhì yí
- 应天顺时 yìng tiān shùn shí
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