光を韜み、迹を晦ます

Japanese

Kanji in this term
光	韜	迹	晦
ひかり Grade: 2	つつ Hyōgaiji	あと Hyōgaiji	くら Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

Etymology

Calque of Literary Chinese 韜光晦迹. Literally "sheath the light and obscure its traces".

Idiom

光(ひかり)を韜(つつ)み、迹(あと)を晦(くら)ます • (hikari o tsutsumi, ato o kuramasu) 

1. to hide one's talents and conceal their existence