tāo
Traditional: 韜
韬 (tāo) is a Chinese word meaning “bow case or scabbard; to hide; military strategy”.
Meanings
- 1bow case or scabbard
- 2to hide
- 3military strategy
Related words
韬光养晦to conceal one's strengths and bide one's time (idiom)韬略military strategy龙韬military strategy and tactics六韬“Six Secret Strategic Teachings”, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 shu1], attributed to Jiang Ziya 姜子牙[Jiang1 Zi3 ya2]六韬三略"Six Secret Strategic Teachings" 六韜|六韬[Liu4 tao1] and "Three Strategies of Huang Shigong" 三略[San1 lu:e4], two of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 shu1], attributed to Jiang Ziya 姜子牙[Jiang1 Zi3 ya2]秦韬玉Qin Taoyu, Tang poet, author of the poem "A Poor Woman" 貧女|贫女[Pin2 nu : 3]邹韬奋Zou Taofen (1895-1944), journalist, political theorist and publisher