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被褐怀玉
pī​hè​huái​yù

to hide one's brilliance

Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
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.

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