藏頭露尾

Chinese

		storehouse; depository; Buddhist or Taoist scripture storehouse; depository; Buddhist or Taoist scripture; Zang; Tibet; to hide away; to conceal; to harbor; store; accumulate	head; (noun suffix)	to show; to reveal; to expose to show; to reveal; to expose; dew	tail
trad. (藏頭露尾)		藏	頭	露	尾
simp. (藏头露尾)		藏	头	露	尾
Literally: “to show the tail but hide the head”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): cángtóulùwěi

(Zhuyin): ㄘㄤˊ ㄊㄡˊ ㄌㄨˋ ㄨㄟˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cong⁴ tau⁴ lou⁶ mei⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: cángtóulùwěi
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄤˊ ㄊㄡˊ ㄌㄨˋ ㄨㄟˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsarngtourluhwoei
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɑŋ³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ lu⁵¹ u̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: cong⁴ tau⁴ lou⁶ mei⁵
  - Yale: chòhng tàuh louh méih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsong⁴ tau⁴ lou⁶ mei⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: cong⁴ teo⁴ lou⁶ méi⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔːŋ²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹ lou̯²² mei̯¹³/

Idiom

藏頭露尾

to tell part of the truth but not all of it

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