含 蓄

hánxù

verbadjectiveHSK 7-9

“To contain” in Chinese is 含蓄 (hánxù).

Meaning

to contain
to hold
(of a person or style etc) reserved

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restrained
(of words, writings) full of hidden meaning
implicit
veiled (criticism)

Example

含蓄的人不会公然标榜自己的成绩。

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

hánHSK 47 strokesto keep in the mouth xùHSK 7-913 strokesto store up

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