深藏若虚
Traditional form:
深藏若虛
Pinyin (reading):
shēncángruòxū
Definitions:
- to hide one's treasure away so that no-one knows about it (idiom); fig. modest about one's talents
- to hide one's light under a bushel
Characters:
- 深 - deep, profound; depth
- 藏 - to conceal, to hide; to hoard, to store
- 若 - if, supposing, assuming; similar
- 虚 - false; worthless, hollow, empty; vain
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