| 深藏若虚 |
shēn cáng ruò xū |
to hide one's treasure away so that no-one knows about it (idiom); fig. modest about one's talents / to hide one's light under a bushel |
| 深 |
shēn |
old variant of 深 |
| 深 |
shēn |
(lit. and fig.) deep |
| 深藏 |
shēn cáng |
to be deeply hidden / to lie deep (in some place) |
| 藏 |
Zàng |
Tibetan ethnic group / Tibet Autonomous Region (short name for 西藏自治区) |
| 藏 |
cáng |
to conceal / to hide away / to harbor / to store / to collect |
| 藏 |
zàng |
storehouse / depository / Buddhist or Taoist scripture |
| 若 |
rě |
used in 般若 / used in 兰若 |
| 若 |
ruò |
to seem / like / as / if |
| 虚 |
xū |
emptiness / void / abstract theory or guiding principles / empty or unoccupied / diffident or timid / false / humble or modest / (of health) weak / virtual / in vain |