藏头露尾
cáng​tóu​lù​wěi

to hide the truth

  • created sense approved 藏头露尾/藏頭露尾 · cáng​tóu​lù​wěi · to hide the truth — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    藏头露尾 / 藏頭露尾

    cáng​tóu​lù​wěi

    to hide the truth

    to hide the head and show the tail; describes giving a partial or evasive account of something rather than revealing the whole truth

    藏 (literal) → 藏 · cáng · to hide 头 (literal) → 头/頭 · tóu · head 露 (literal) → 露 · lù · to reveal; to show 尾 (literal) → 尾 · wěi · tail

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

    created sense