"臥虎藏龍" meaning in 漢語

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Phrase

IPA: /wɔ⁵¹ xu²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰɑŋ³⁵ lʊŋ³⁵/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /ŋɔː²² fuː³⁵ t͡sʰɔːŋ²¹ lʊŋ²¹/ [Cantonese, Standard-Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, IPA] Forms: 卧虎藏龙 [Simplified-Chinese]
  1. 潛藏著人才
    Sense id: zh-臥虎藏龍-zh-phrase-iSaERMHI
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 藏龍臥虎 (cánglóngwòhǔ) [Traditional-Chinese], 藏龙卧虎 (cánglóngwòhǔ) [Simplified-Chinese]
{
  "anagrams": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "藏龍臥虎"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "藏龙卧虎"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "官話成語",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "官話詞元",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「臥」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「藏」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「虎」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「龍」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "有1個詞條的頁面",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "有國際音標的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "有詞條的頁面",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "漢語成語",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "漢語詞元",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "粵語成語",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "粵語詞元",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "卧虎藏龙",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "漢語",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "蹲伏的老虎和隱藏的龍",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "pos_title": "成語",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "潛藏著人才"
      ],
      "id": "zh-臥虎藏龍-zh-phrase-iSaERMHI"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wòhǔcánglóng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄨㄛˋ ㄏㄨˇ ㄘㄤˊ ㄌㄨㄥˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ngo⁶ fu² cong⁴ lung⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wòhǔcánglóng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄨㄛˋ ㄏㄨˇ ㄘㄤˊ ㄌㄨㄥˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wòhǔcánglóng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade–Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wo⁴-hu³-tsʻang²-lung²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wò-hǔ-tsáng-lúng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wohhuutsarnglong"
    },
    {
      "roman": "voxucanlun",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "вохуцанлун"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɔ⁵¹ xu²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰɑŋ³⁵ lʊŋ³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ngo⁶ fu² cong⁴ lung⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Yale",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ngoh fú chòhng lùhng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ngo⁶ fu² tsong⁴ lung⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ngo⁶ fu² cong⁴ lung⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋɔː²² fuː³⁵ t͡sʰɔːŋ²¹ lʊŋ²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "cánglóngwòhǔ",
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "藏龍臥虎"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cánglóngwòhǔ",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "藏龙卧虎"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "idiomatic"
  ],
  "word": "臥虎藏龍"
}
{
  "anagrams": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "藏龍臥虎"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "藏龙卧虎"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "官話成語",
    "官話詞元",
    "帶「臥」的漢語詞",
    "帶「藏」的漢語詞",
    "帶「虎」的漢語詞",
    "帶「龍」的漢語詞",
    "有1個詞條的頁面",
    "有國際音標的漢語詞",
    "有詞條的頁面",
    "漢語成語",
    "漢語詞元",
    "粵語成語",
    "粵語詞元"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "卧虎藏龙",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "漢語",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "蹲伏的老虎和隱藏的龍",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "pos_title": "成語",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "潛藏著人才"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wòhǔcánglóng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄨㄛˋ ㄏㄨˇ ㄘㄤˊ ㄌㄨㄥˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ngo⁶ fu² cong⁴ lung⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wòhǔcánglóng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄨㄛˋ ㄏㄨˇ ㄘㄤˊ ㄌㄨㄥˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wòhǔcánglóng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade–Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wo⁴-hu³-tsʻang²-lung²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wò-hǔ-tsáng-lúng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wohhuutsarnglong"
    },
    {
      "roman": "voxucanlun",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "вохуцанлун"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɔ⁵¹ xu²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰɑŋ³⁵ lʊŋ³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ngo⁶ fu² cong⁴ lung⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Yale",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ngoh fú chòhng lùhng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ngo⁶ fu² tsong⁴ lung⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ngo⁶ fu² cong⁴ lung⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ŋɔː²² fuː³⁵ t͡sʰɔːŋ²¹ lʊŋ²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "cánglóngwòhǔ",
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "藏龍臥虎"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cánglóngwòhǔ",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "藏龙卧虎"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "idiomatic"
  ],
  "word": "臥虎藏龍"
}

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