臥虎藏龍
Chinese
| to lie; to crouch | tiger | storehouse; depository; Buddhist or Taoist scripture storehouse; depository; Buddhist or Taoist scripture; Zang; Tibet; to hide away; to conceal; to harbor; store; accumulate |
dragon; imperial; surname | ||
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| trad. (臥虎藏龍) | 臥 | 虎 | 藏 | 龍 | |
| simp. (卧虎藏龙) | 卧 | 虎 | 藏 | 龙 | |
| anagram | 藏龍臥虎／藏龙卧虎 | ||||
| Literally: “crouching tiger and hiding dragon”. | |||||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Pinyin): wòhǔcánglóng
- (Zhuyin): ㄨㄛˋ ㄏㄨˇ ㄘㄤˊ ㄌㄨㄥˊ
- Cantonese (Jyutping): ngo6 fu2 cong4 lung4
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: wòhǔcánglóng
- Zhuyin: ㄨㄛˋ ㄏㄨˇ ㄘㄤˊ ㄌㄨㄥˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: wòhǔcánglóng
- Wade–Giles: wo4-hu3-tsʻang2-lung2
- Yale: wò-hǔ-tsáng-lúng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wohhuutsarnglong
- Palladius: вохуцанлун (voxucanlun)
- Sinological IPA (key): /wɔ⁵¹ xu²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰɑŋ³⁵ lʊŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: ngo6 fu2 cong4 lung4
- Yale: ngoh fú chòhng lùhng
- Cantonese Pinyin: ngo6 fu2 tsong4 lung4
- Guangdong Romanization: ngo6 fu2 cong4 lung4
- Sinological IPA (key): /ŋɔː²² fuː³⁵ t͡sʰɔːŋ²¹ lʊŋ²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
臥虎藏龍
- to have many hidden talented individuals