收敛锋芒
收敛锋芒
shōu liǎn fēng máng
to draw in one's claws; to show some modesty
verb
Traditional: 收斂鋒芒
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- (verb) to draw in one's claws
- to show some modesty
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Related Words
孔融让梨(Kǒng Róng ràng lí)· Kong Rong giving up pears, classic moral story about Kong Rong 孔融[Kong3 Rong2] picking up smaller pears while leaving the bigger ones to his older brothers, still used nowadays to educate the young on courtesy and modesty
→一针见血(yī zhēn jiàn xiě)· lit. to draw blood on the first prick (idiom)
→不分胜负(bù fēn shèng fù)· unable to determine victory or defeat (idiom); evenly matched
→中签(zhòng qiān)· to win a ballot
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