真人不露相

Chinese

		real person; real people; true man real person; real people; true man; immortal	not; no	to show one's true colors; to appear in public; to turn up to show one's true colors; to appear in public; to turn up; to show one's face; to show up
trad. (真人不露相/眞人不露相)		真人/眞人	不	露相
simp. (真人不露相)		真人	不	露相
Literally: “a true person (of talent) does not show his face”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhēnrén bù lòuxiàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄣ ㄖㄣˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄡˋ ㄒㄧㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zan¹ jan⁴ bat¹ lou⁶ soeng³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhēnrén bù lòuxiàng [Phonetic: zhēnrén bú lòuxiàng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄣ ㄖㄣˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄡˋ ㄒㄧㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhenrén bù lòusiàng
    • Wade–Giles: chên¹-jên² pu⁴ lou⁴-hsiang⁴
    • Yale: jēn-rén bù lòu-syàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenren bu lowshianq
    • Palladius: чжэньжэнь бу лоусян (čžɛnʹžɛnʹ bu lousjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ loʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zan¹ jan⁴ bat¹ lou⁶ soeng³
    • Yale: jān yàhn bāt louh seung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzan¹ jan⁴ bat⁷ lou⁶ soeng³
    • Guangdong Romanization: zen¹ yen⁴ bed¹ lou⁶ sêng³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐn⁵⁵ jɐn²¹ pɐt̚⁵ lou̯²² sœːŋ³³/

Proverb

真人不露相

1. A truly talented individual does not vie for attention by showing off his skills.

See also

• English: hide one's light under a bushel
• Japanese: 能ある鷹は爪を隠す (nō aru taka wa tsume o kakusu)