潛龍勿用
qián​lóng​wù​yòng

a capable person biding their time

  • created sense approved 潜龙勿用/潛龍勿用 · qián​lóng​wù​yòng · a capable person biding their time — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    潜龙勿用 / 潛龍勿用

    qián​lóng​wù​yòng

    a capable person biding their time

    (idiom) a hidden dragon should not act; used to describe a person of great talent who stays in hiding or waits for the right moment before taking action

    潜龙 (literal) → 潜龙/潛龍 · qián​lóng · hidden dragon 勿用 (literal) → 勿用 · wù​yòng · do not use

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

    created sense