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This introduction highlights the idiom 「隱鱗戢翼」, with its meaning and examples explained below.
The dragon hides its scales and the phoenix folds its wings. It is a metaphor for a wise man living in seclusion and waiting for the right time.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
yǐn lín jí yì
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
yan2 leun4 chap1 yik6
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