"嚢中の錐" meaning in Japanese

{
  "etymology_text": "From 嚢 (nō, “bag”) + 中 (chū, “inside”) + 錐 (kiri, “awl”).\nDerived from the phrase in Shiji: \"夫賢士之処世也、譬若錐之処嚢中、其末立見\" (“When a wise man is in the world, he is like an awl in a bag, its tip will protrude”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "嚢中の錐",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "嚢",
          "のう"
        ],
        [
          "中",
          "ちゅう"
        ],
        [
          "錐",
          "きり"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nōchūnokiri",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "idiom",
        "2": "のうちゅうのきり"
      },
      "expansion": "嚢(のう)中(ちゅう)の錐(きり) • (nōchūnokiri)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 3 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A metaphor that talent or virtue will naturally come to light, even without deliberate effort to showcase it."
      ],
      "id": "en-嚢中の錐-ja-phrase--gCdBgtL",
      "related": [
        {
          "english": "self-recommendation",
          "roman": "mōsui jisen",
          "word": "毛遂自薦"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "のーちゅうのきり"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[no̞ːt͡ɕɨːno̞kʲiɾʲi]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "嚢中の錐"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "From 嚢 (nō, “bag”) + 中 (chū, “inside”) + 錐 (kiri, “awl”).\nDerived from the phrase in Shiji: \"夫賢士之処世也、譬若錐之処嚢中、其末立見\" (“When a wise man is in the world, he is like an awl in a bag, its tip will protrude”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "嚢中の錐",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "嚢",
          "のう"
        ],
        [
          "中",
          "ちゅう"
        ],
        [
          "錐",
          "きり"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nōchūnokiri",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "idiom",
        "2": "のうちゅうのきり"
      },
      "expansion": "嚢(のう)中(ちゅう)の錐(きり) • (nōchūnokiri)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "related": [
    {
      "english": "self-recommendation",
      "roman": "mōsui jisen",
      "word": "毛遂自薦"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Japanese idioms",
        "Japanese lemmas",
        "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji",
        "Japanese terms spelled with hyōgai kanji",
        "Japanese terms spelled with jinmeiyō kanji",
        "Japanese terms with 3 kanji",
        "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Japanese terms with redundant script codes",
        "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A metaphor that talent or virtue will naturally come to light, even without deliberate effort to showcase it."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "のーちゅうのきり"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[no̞ːt͡ɕɨːno̞kʲiɾʲi]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "嚢中の錐"
}