<p>The literal meaning of '晦' is the dark night, without the moonlight, as @songyuanyao said.
and in this idiom, '晦' means one's shortcoming, weakness, opposite to strong and advantage.</p>

<p>So you can comprehend this idiom in this way: In order to survive, one needs to hide his talent and pretend to be weak, so that he can get enough time to be strong and defeat his opponent.</p>

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j5shi
<p>韬 is hide
光 is light or something shining here it means your brilliant ideas, 晦 is implicit   or something bad and weak
养 is improve or change
韬光养晦 means no showing your power, just improve yourself</p>

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gcd0318
<p>晦 means some place which is dark.</p>

<p>韬光养晦 means hide one's talent and keep a low profile</p>

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2014-03-13T03:09:09.217Z
This should be the right answer. As Roti said, `晦 means some place which is dark`, 晦 is not suggest the weakness. 养晦 means being a solitary, hiding yourself from time. It's an old phase and having extension meaning already. ref. [zdic](http://www.zdic.net/c/b/37/85250.htm)
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YS.Tan
<p>I find the phrase 韬光养晦 in a context,and I look up it in the dictionary,it means hidden talents, do not make the leakage.But I still don't know the meaning of 晦.</p>

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What is the meaning of 晦 in the phrase 韬光养晦?
# What is the meaning of 晦 in the phrase 韬光养晦?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2014-03-11)

I find the phrase 韬光养晦 in a context,and I look up it in the dictionary,it means hidden talents, do not make the leakage.But I still don't know the meaning of 晦.

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### Answer by username_3 on 2014-03-11. Score: 4 | Accepted answer

晦 means some place which is dark.

韬光养晦 means hide one's talent and keep a low profile

> **Comments:**
> **username_4**: This should be the right answer. As Roti said, `晦 means some place which is dark`, 晦 is not suggest the weakness. 养晦 means being a solitary, hiding yourself from time. It's an old phase and having extension meaning already. ref. [zdic](http://www.zdic.net/c/b/37/85250.htm)  

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### Answer by username_1 on 2014-03-12. Score: 0

The literal meaning of '晦' is the dark night, without the moonlight, as @songyuanyao said.
and in this idiom, '晦' means one's shortcoming, weakness, opposite to strong and advantage.

So you can comprehend this idiom in this way: In order to survive, one needs to hide his talent and pretend to be weak, so that he can get enough time to be strong and defeat his opponent.


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### Answer by username_2 on 2015-11-17. Score: 0

韬 is hide
光 is light or something shining here it means your brilliant ideas, 晦 is implicit or something bad and weak
养 is improve or change
韬光养晦 means no showing your power, just improve yourself


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