深藏若虚

Traditional: 深藏若虛

shēn cáng ruò xū

Dictionary entry

to hide one's treasure away so that no-one knows about it (idiom); fig. modest about one's talents

What does 深藏若虚 mean?

深藏若虚 (shēn cáng ruò xū) has the following dictionary meaning.

1to hide one's treasure away so that no-one knows about it (idiom); fig. modest about one's talents

2to hide one's light under a bushel

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深shēnold variant of 深[shen1]藏ZàngTibetan ethnic group · Tibet Autonomous Region (short name for 西藏自治區|西藏自治区[Xi1 zang4 Zi4 zhi4 qu1])若rěused in 般若[bo1 re3] · used in 蘭若|兰若[lan2 re3]虚xūemptiness · void

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深藏若虚

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