深藏若虚 shēncángruòxū to hide one's light under a bushel Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 深藏若虚 深藏若虛 shēncángruòxū to hide one's light under a bushel To hide one's treasure away so that no one knows about it; used as a metaphor for being modest about one's talents and not showing off one's great learning. Frequency Written text 0.005 per million Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
深藏若虚 深藏若虛 shēncángruòxū to hide one's light under a bushel To hide one's treasure away so that no one knows about it; used as a metaphor for being modest about one's talents and not showing off one's great learning. Frequency Written text 0.005 per million Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
