藏頭露尾

Chinese

		storehouse; depository; Buddhist or Taoist scripture storehouse; depository; Buddhist or Taoist scripture; Zang; Tibet; to hide away; to conceal; to harbor; store; accumulate	head; (noun suffix)	to show; to reveal; to expose to show; to reveal; to expose; dew	tail
trad. (藏頭露尾)		藏	頭	露	尾
simp. (藏头露尾)		藏	头	露	尾
Literally: “to show the tail but hide the head”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cángtóulùwěi

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄤˊ ㄊㄡˊ ㄌㄨˋ ㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cong⁴ tau⁴ lou⁶ mei⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cángtóulùwěi
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄤˊ ㄊㄡˊ ㄌㄨˋ ㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cángtóulùwěi
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻang²-tʻou²-lu⁴-wei³
    • Yale: tsáng-tóu-lù-wěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsarngtourluhwoei
    • Palladius: цантоулувэй (cantouluvɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑŋ³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ lu⁵¹ weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cong⁴ tau⁴ lou⁶ mei⁵
    • Yale: chòhng tàuh louh méih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsong⁴ tau⁴ lou⁶ mei⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: cong⁴ teo⁴ lou⁶ méi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔːŋ²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹ lou̯²² mei̯¹³/

Idiom

藏頭露尾

1. to tell part of the truth but not all of it