光を韜み、迹を晦ます

Japanese

Kanji in this term
光 韜 迹 晦
ひかり
Grade: 2 		つつ
Hyōgai 		あと
Hyōgai 		くら
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Etymology

Calque of Literary Chinese 韜光晦迹. Literally "sheath the light and obscure its traces".

Idiom

光(ひかり)を韜(つつ)み、迹(あと)を晦(くら)ます • (hikari o tsutsumi, ato o kuramasu) 

  1. to hide one's talents and conceal their existence
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