遵时养晦 (zūn shí yǎng huì) — to bide one's time, waiting for an opportunity to stage a comeback in public life (idiom) · Chinese · Nantoka

zūn shí yǎng huì

Traditional: 遵時養晦

遵时养晦 (zūn shí yǎng huì) is a Chinese word meaning “to bide one's time, waiting for an opportunity to stage a comeback in public life (idiom)”.

Meanings

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

Characters in 遵时养晦

遵zūn · to observe 时shí · o'clock 养yǎng · to raise (animals)晦huì · (bound form) last day of a lunar month

Related words

时候time 时间(concept of) time 时o'clock 时surname Shi 时old variant of 時|时[shi2]小时hour 当时then; at that time 当时immediately; right then 那时then 同时at the same time; simultaneously 养to raise (animals)有时sometimes

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