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The idiom 「韜光晦跡」 and its usage are explored below. Learn its meaning and applications here.

To hide one’s talent: to conceal one’s whereabouts. It means to hide one’s talents and not show them.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

tāo guāng huì jì

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

tou1 gwong1 fui3 jik1

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