遵时养晦
zūn​shí​yǎng​huì

to bide one's time

  • created sense approved 遵时养晦/遵時養晦 · zūn​shí​yǎng​huì · to bide one's time — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    遵时养晦 / 遵時養晦

    zūn​shí​yǎng​huì

    to bide one's time

    To live in retirement while waiting for a better opportunity to make a comeback in public life; to wait for one's luck to change

    遵 (literal) → 遵 · zūn · to obey 时 (literal) → 时/時 · shí · time 养晦 (literal) → 养晦/養晦 · yǎng​huì · to bide one's time

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

    created sense