真人不露相

Chinese

		real person; real people; one who has attained the Tao real person; real people; one who has attained the Tao; immortal; true man	not; no	to show one's true colors; to appear in public; to turn up to show one's true colors; to appear in public; to turn up; to show one's face; to show up
trad. (真人不露相/眞人不露相)		真人/眞人	不	露相
simp. (真人不露相)		真人	不	露相
Literally: “a true person (of talent) does not show his face”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhēnrén bù lòuxiàng

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄣㄖㄣˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄡˋ ㄒㄧㄤˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zan¹ jan⁴ bat¹ lou⁶ soeng³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhēnrén bù lòuxiàng [Phonetic: zhēnrén bú lòuxiàng]
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄣㄖㄣˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄡˋ ㄒㄧㄤˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhenrén bù lòusiàng
  - Wade–Giles: chên¹-jên² pu⁴ lou⁴-hsiang⁴
  - Yale: jēn-rén bù lòu-syàng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenren bu lowshianq
  - Palladius: чжэньжэнь бу лоусян (čžɛnʹžɛnʹ bu lousjan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ loʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zan¹ jan⁴ bat¹ lou⁶ soeng³
  - Yale: jān yàhn bāt louh seung
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzan¹ jan⁴ bat⁷ lou⁶ soeng³
  - Guangdong Romanization: zen¹ yen⁴ bed¹ lou⁶ sêng³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐn⁵⁵ jɐn²¹ pɐt̚⁵ lou̯²² sœːŋ³³/

Proverb

真人不露相

A truly talented individual does not vie for attention by showing off his skills.

See also

English: hide one's light under a bushel
Japanese: 能ある鷹は爪を隠す (nō aru taka wa tsume o kakusu)

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