Chinese idioms like 「韜光隱跡」 represent a high level of language skill. This free guide helps you learn their meaning and use.
For this session, we will be discussing the idiom 「韜光隱跡」. See below for its meaning and practical usage.
It means to hide one’s talents and not show them. Same as “hide one’s talents and keep a low profile”.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
tāo guāng yǐn jì
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
tou1 gwong1 yan2 jik1
There are a countless number of Chinese idioms, each with unique meanings and applications. We’ve provided these resources to help guide you as you dive deeper into learning Chinese.
