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遵时养晦

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4-character word Traditional 遵時養晦

What 遵时养晦 means

1. to bide one's time, waiting for an opportunity to stage a comeback in public life (idiom)

The characters in 遵时养晦

• 遵zūnto observe; to obey; to follow
• 时shío'clock; time; when
• 养yǎngto raise (animals); to bring up (children); to keep (pets)
• 晦huì(bound form) last day of a lunar month; (bound form) dark; gloomy; (literary) night