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Chinese learners move from characters to idioms as the highest level. This free resource explains 「潛光隱德」 below.

Discover the idiom 「潛光隱德」, along with its meaning and how it is applied in context.

Refers to hiding one’s virtues and talents.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

qián guāng yǐn dé

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

chim4 gwong1 yan2 dak1

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