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深藏若虚

shēn cáng ruò xū

4-character word Traditional 深藏若虛

What 深藏若虚 means

1. to hide one's treasure away so that no-one knows about it (idiom); fig. modest about one's talents
2. to hide one's light under a bushel

The characters in 深藏若虚

• 深shēn(lit. and fig.) deep
• 藏cángto conceal; to hide away; to harbor
• 若ruòto seem; like; as
• 虚xūemptiness; void; abstract theory or guiding principles