明哲保身
明哲保身
míng zhé bǎo shēn
a wise man looks after his own hide (idiom); to put one's own safety before matters of principle
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- (idiom, verb) a wise man looks after his own hide (idiom)
- to put one's own safety before matters of principle
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Related Words
不久(bù jiǔ)· not long (after)
→一波未平，一波又起(yī bō wèi píng , yī bō yòu qǐ)· before the first wave subsides, a new wave rises (idiom); a new problem arises before the old is solved
→事后聪明(shì hòu cōng ming)· wise after the event (idiom); with hindsight, one should have predicted it
→一夕数惊(yī xī shù jīng)· one scare after another (idiom)
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