被褐怀玉
pī​hè​huái​yù

to hide one's brilliance

  • created sense approved 被褐怀玉/被褐懷玉 · pī​hè​huái​yù · to hide one's brilliance — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    被褐怀玉 / 被褐懷玉

    pī​hè​huái​yù

    to hide one's brilliance

    To wear coarse clothes while hiding jade in one's bosom; describes a person of great talent or virtue who lives in poverty or intentionally conceals their abilities from the world.

    pī​hé​huái​yù

    被 (literal) → 被 · pī · to drape 褐 (literal) → 褐 · hè · coarse clothing 怀 (literal) → 怀/懷 · huái · to cherish 玉 (literal) → 玉 · yù · jade

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    created sense