Free Chinese learning, tailored for you! This series highlights idioms and proverbs, useful in many contexts. Let’s explain 「臥虎藏龍」 and how it’s used.
This time, we’re looking at the idiom 「臥虎藏龍」. Its meaning and application are provided below.
It refers to hidden and undiscovered talents, and also refers to talents that are hidden and cannot be revealed.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
wò hǔ cáng lóng
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
ngo6 fu2 chong4 lung4
Chinese idioms, with their vast variety, hold different meanings and uses. Their abundance makes studying them rewarding, and these materials are here to help you along the way.
