Fog scale and cloud claw
Fog scale and cloud claw, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is w ù L í NY ú nzh ǎ o, which means hiding one's head and showing one's tail. The source is Mao Sheng.
The origin of Idioms
In the Qing Dynasty, according to the music palace's "Mao Sheng", it is said that "how can the fog scale and cloud claw, the head and the tail be ominous."
Idiom usage
As an object or attribute; used in figurative sentences.
Examples
Mr. Wang's recent whereabouts are really ~.
Fog scale and cloud claw
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focus on only one aspect and neglect all the others - jǔ yī fèi bǎi
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Things seldom seen are strange. - liáo dōng bái shǐ