光を韜み、迹を晦ます

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
ひかり
Grade: 2
つつ
Hyōgai
あと
Hyōgai
くら
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Etymology

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

Idiom

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(ひかり)(つつ)み、(あと)(くら)ます (hikari o tsutsumi, ato o kuramasu

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