遵养时晦
zūn​yǎng​shí​huì

to bide one's time in retirement

  • created reference approved 遵养时晦/遵養時晦 → 遵时养晦/遵時養晦 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    遵养时晦 / 遵養時晦 zūn​yǎng​shí​huì

    遵时养晦 / 遵時養晦 zūn​shí​yǎng​huì

    variant

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 遵养时晦/遵養時晦 · zūn​yǎng​shí​huì · to bide one's time in retirement — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    遵养时晦 / 遵養時晦

    zūn​yǎng​shí​huì

    to bide one's time in retirement

    (idiom) to live in retirement while waiting for the right opportunity to return to public life; to adapt to the situation by keeping a low profile

    遵 (literal) → 遵 · zūn · to obey 养 (literal) → 养/養 · yǎng · to cultivate 时 (literal) → 时/時 · shí · opportunity 晦 (literal) → 晦 · huì · to hide

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

    created sense