什袭而藏
shí​xí'ér​cáng

to treasure something

  • created sense approved 什袭而藏/什襲而藏 · shí​xí'ér​cáng · to treasure something — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    什袭而藏 / 什襲而藏

    shí​xí'ér​cáng

    to treasure something

    to wrap something in many layers and store it away carefully; to treasure something very much; same as the more common idiom meaning to cherish and keep as a treasure

    什袭 (literal) → 什袭/什襲 · shí​xí · to wrap many times 而 (literal) → 而 · ér · [adverbial linker] 藏 (literal) → 藏 · cáng · to hide

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense