光を韜み、迹を晦ます

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Japanese[edit]

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

Etymology[edit]

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

Idiom[edit]

(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