"Hermit" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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隐士 yǐn shì hermit
隐逸 yǐn yì to live in seclusion / reclusive / hermit / recluse
逸民 yì mín recluse / hermit
佚 yì lost / missing / forsaken / dissolute / (of a woman) beautiful / fault / offense / hermit / variant of 逸[yi4]
隐君子 yǐn jūn zi recluse / hermit / used for homophone 癮君子|瘾君子, opium addict
东山再起 dōng shān zài qǐ lit. to return to office after living as a hermit on Mount Dongshan (idiom) / fig. to make a comeback
寄居蟹 jì jū xiè hermit crab
避世绝俗 bì shì jué sú to withdraw from society and live like a hermit (idiom)
夏黄公 Xià Huáng gōng Xia Huanggong also known as Huang Shigong 黃石公|黄石公[Huang2 Shi2 gong1] (dates of birth and death uncertain), Daoist hermit of the Qin Dynasty 秦代[Qin2 dai4] and purported author of “Three Strategies of Huang Shigong&rdquo / 黃石公三略|黄石公三略[Huang2 Shi2 gong1 San1 lu:e4], one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 shu1]
黄石公 Huáng Shí gōng Huang Shigong, also known as Xia Huanggong 夏黃公|夏黄公[Xia4 Huang2 gong1] (dates of birth and death uncertain), Daoist hermit of the Qin Dynasty 秦代[Qin2 dai4] and purported author
小隐隐于林，大隐隐于市 xiǎo yǐn yǐn yú lín , dà yǐn yǐn yú shì an ordinary hermit lives in the seclusion of the woods / the true recluse chooses the city (idiom)
小隐隐于野，大隐隐于市 xiǎo yǐn yǐn yú yě , dà yǐn yǐn yú shì an ordinary hermit lives in the seclusion of the wild / the true recluse chooses the city (idiom)
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