hide one 's capacities and bide one 's time

hide one 's capacities and bide one 's time

In pinyin, t ā Ogu ā ngy ǎ nghu ì is a metaphor for hiding one's talent without exposing it.

Pinyin

tāoguāngyǎnghuì

explain

It is a metaphor to hide one's talent and not expose it.

Classics

Xuanzongji in the old book of the Tang Dynasty: during the reign of Taihe and Huichang, the more obscure things were, the more people lived in groups, and there was no word about it. Chapter 76 of Dangkou Zhi: don't blame me, my dear nephew. I said, if you are such a person, I will give up. If you go here, you must keep a low profile and look at the time. Zheng Guanying's preface to the dangerous words of the prosperous age: he thinks that he is old and mediocre, has a rough understanding of the principles of the book of changes, and is eager to cultivate himself in secret.

Discrimination

Synonym: hide one's strength and hide one's career. The subject predicate pattern refers to the concealment of one's ability.