| 盘龙卧虎 |
pán lóng wò hǔ |
lit. coiled dragon, crouching tiger (idiom) / fig. talented individuals in hiding / concealed talent |
| 盘 |
pán |
tray; plate; dish / (finance) (bound form) market prices / (computing) (bound form) disk / to coil (a rope, pigtail etc) / to check; to examine; to investigate / to transfer; to sell (property) / to shift; to move (sth big and heavy) / classifier for things resembling a plate or dish / classifier for coils / classifier for games or matches (chess, table tennis etc) |
| 盘龙 |
Pán lóng |
Panlong district of Kunming city 昆明市, Yunnan |
| 龙 |
Lóng |
surname Long |
| 龙 |
lóng |
Chinese dragon; loong / (fig.) emperor / dragon / (bound form) dinosaur |
| 卧 |
wò |
to lie / to crouch |
| 卧虎 |
wò hǔ |
crouching tiger / fig. major figure in hiding / concealed talent |
| 虎 |
hǔ |
tiger / CL:只 |