神龍見首不見尾

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Chinese

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God; unusual; mysterious
God; unusual; mysterious; soul; spirit; divine essence; lively; spiritual being
 
dragon; imperial; surname
to see; to meet; to appear
to see; to meet; to appear; to interview
 
head; chief; first (occasion)
head; chief; first (occasion); first (thing); measure word for poems
 
not; no
to see; to meet; to appear
to see; to meet; to appear; to interview
 
tail
trad. (神龍見首不見尾)
simp. (神龙见首不见尾)
Literally: “one can see the head of a heavenly dragon, but not the tail”.

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Idiom

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神龍見首不見尾

  1. to maintain an air of mystery, to not reveal oneself; to play cat and mouse; to remain aloof