光を韜み、迹を晦ます

Calque from Literary Chinese 韜光晦迹 (MC thaw kwang xwojH tsjek), literally, “sheathe the light and obscure its traces”, using native Japanese words 光(ひかり) (hikari, “light”) + を (o, accusative particle) + 韜(つつ)む (tsutsumu, “to wrap”) + 迹(あと) (ato, “trace, track, trail”) + を (o) + 晦(くら)ます (kuramasu, “to conceal, to hide”).

• (Tokyo) ひかりを・つつみ・あとを・くらます [hìkáríꜜ ò tsùtsúꜜmì áꜜtò ò kùrámáꜜsù] (Odaka + Nakadaka + Atamadaka + Nakadaka – [3]-[2]-[1]-[3])

• IPA^(key): [çika̠ɾʲi o̞ t͡sɨt͡sɨmʲi a̠to̞ o̞ kɯ̟ɾa̠ma̠sɨ]

光(ひかり)を韜(つつ)み、迹(あと)を晦(くら)ます • (hikari o tsutsumi, ato o kuramasu) 

1. to hide one's talents and conceal their existence

• 光(ひかり)を韜(つつ)む (hikari o tsutsumu, “to hide one's talents”)