hide one 's capacities and hide one 's time
Chinese idiom, Pinyin is t ā OSH é nhu ì J ì, which means hiding trace. It comes from the biography of Xue Daoheng in the book of Sui Dynasty.
Analysis of Idioms
Hide in silence
The origin of Idioms
According to the biography of Xue Daoheng in the book of Sui Dynasty, "if Emperor Wen, the emperor of Gaozu in Guangdong, was born with a saint and a spirit, then the room would be red and the sky would be purple."
Idiom usage
Used as a predicate or attributive.
hide one 's capacities and hide one 's time
startled monkeys or hare -- flee in disorder - jīng yuán tuō tù
lose all standing and reputation - shēn bài míng liè