韜光養晦

See also: 韬光养晦

Chinese

		to hide one's talents	to bide one's time in obscurity and wait for the right opportunity
trad. (韜光養晦)		韜光	養晦
simp. (韬光养晦)		韬光	养晦

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tāoguāngyǎnghuì

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄠ ㄍㄨㄤ ㄧㄤˇ ㄏㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tou¹ gwong¹ joeng⁵ fui³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tāoguāngyǎnghuì
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄠ ㄍㄨㄤ ㄧㄤˇ ㄏㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: taoguangyǎnghuèi
    • Wade–Giles: tʻao¹-kuang¹-yang³-hui⁴
    • Yale: tāu-gwāng-yǎng-hwèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tauguangyeanghuey
    • Palladius: таогуанъянхуэй (taoguanʺjanxuej)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ku̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ jɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tou¹ gwong¹ joeng⁵ fui³
    • Yale: tōu gwōng yéuhng fui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tou¹ gwong¹ joeng⁵ fui³
    • Guangdong Romanization: tou¹ guong¹ yêng⁵ fui³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰou̯⁵⁵ kʷɔːŋ⁵⁵ jœːŋ¹³ fuːi̯³³/

Idiom

韜光養晦

1. to hide one's talents, and bide one's time for the right opportunity

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (韜光養晦):

• → Japanese: 韜(とう)光(こう)養(よう)晦(かい) (tōkōyōkai)
• → Korean: 도광양회(韜光養晦) (dogwang'yanghoe)