深藏若虚
深藏若虚
shēn cáng ruò xū
to hide one's treasure away so that no-one knows about it (idiom); fig. modest about one's talents; to hide one's light under a bushel
verbidiom
Traditional: 深藏若虛
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- (verb, idiom) to hide one's treasure away so that no-one knows about it (idiom); fig. modest about one's talents
- to hide one's light under a bushel
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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
→韬光养晦(tāo guāng yǎng huì)· to conceal one's strengths and bide one's time (idiom)
→以小挤大(yǐ xiǎo jǐ dà)· minor projects eclipse major ones (idiom)
→同途殊归(tóng tú shū guī)· same road out, different ones back
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