From basics to advanced idioms, Chinese study culminates with phrases like 「藏鋒斂穎」. Explore their meaning and use in this free guide.
This feature highlights the idiom 「藏鋒斂穎」, with its meaning and examples shown below.
A metaphor for not showing off one’s talents. Same as “hide one’s edge and keep one’s sword in place”.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
cáng fēng liǎn yǐng
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
chong4 fung1 lim5 wing6
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