深藏不露

深藏不露

Chinese

		deep; profound	storehouse; depository; Buddhist or Taoist scripture storehouse; depository; Buddhist or Taoist scripture; Zang; Tibet; to hide away; to conceal; to harbor; store; accumulate	not; no	to show; to reveal; to expose to show; to reveal; to expose; dew
trad. (深藏不露)		深	藏	不	露
simp. #(深藏不露)		深	藏	不	露

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shēncángbùlòu, shēncángbùlù

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄣ ㄘㄤˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄡˋ, ㄕㄣ ㄘㄤˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sam¹ cong⁴ bat¹ lou⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shēncángbùlòu, shēncángbùlù [Phonetic: shēncángbúlòu, shēncángbúlù]
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄣ ㄘㄤˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄡˋ, ㄕㄣ ㄘㄤˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shencángbùlòu, shencángbùlù
    • Wade–Giles: shên¹-tsʻang²-pu⁴-lou⁴- shên¹-tsʻang²-pu⁴-lu⁴
    • Yale: shēn-tsáng-bù-lòu-, shēn-tsáng-bù-lù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shentsarngbulow, shentsarngbuhluh
    • Palladius: шэньцанбулоу, шэньцанбулу (šɛnʹcanbulou, šɛnʹcanbulu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂən⁵⁵ t͡sʰɑŋ³⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ loʊ̯⁵¹ ʂən⁵⁵ t͡sʰɑŋ³⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ lu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sam¹ cong⁴ bat¹ lou⁶
    • Yale: sām chòhng bāt louh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sam¹ tsong⁴ bat⁷ lou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: sem¹ cong⁴ bed¹ lou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐm⁵⁵ t͡sʰɔːŋ²¹ pɐt̚⁵ lou̯²²/

Idiom

深藏不露

1. to hide one's light under a bushel; to conceal one's talents