含蓄 (hán xù) — (adjective, of a person) reserved, restrained, not expressive; (adjective, of speech or writing) implicit, veiled, full of hidden meaning; (verb) to contain, to hold (abstractly)

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Examples

• 他性格含蓄，不喜欢在公共场合大声说话。
  Tā xìng gé hán xù, bù xǐ huan zài gōng gòng chǎng hé dà shēng shuō huà.
  He has a reserved personality and dislikes speaking loudly in public.
• 那首诗写得非常含蓄，需要反复品味才能理解深意。
  Nà shǒu shī xiě dé fēi cháng hán xù, xū yào fǎn fù pǐn wèi cái néng lǐ jiě shēn yì.
  That poem is written very implicitly; you need to savor it repeatedly to grasp the deep meaning.
• 这个比喻含蓄着作者对人生的深刻思考。
  Zhè ge bǐ yù hán xù zhe zuò zhě duì rén shēng de shēn kè sī kǎo.
  This metaphor contains the author's profound thoughts about life.

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