卧虎藏龙

臥虎藏龍
wòhǔ-cánglóng
idiom

Meanings

  1. 1 hidden talent; a place full of unrecognized experts
  2. 2 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Ang Lee's 2000 film

Examples

HSK 5
Lǐ Ān de 《 Wòhǔ-cánglóng 》 huòdé le Àosīkǎ zuìjiā wàiyǔpiàn jiǎng.
Ang Lee's Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.
HSK 7-9
Bié xiǎokàn zhège xiǎoqū, zhèlǐ wòhǔ-cánglóng.
Don't underestimate this neighborhood; it's full of hidden talent.

Tips

history
The image goes back to a line by the 6th-century poet 庾信: dark rocks look like hiding tigers, coiled roots like crouching dragons. 藏龙卧虎, with the halves swapped, means the same and is just as common.
culture
Ang Lee's martial arts film (2000), starring 周润发, 杨紫琼 and 章子怡, won four Oscars and for years was the highest-grossing foreign-language film in the United States.

Stroke Order

卧 wò
虎 hǔ
藏 cáng
龙 lóng