







有了存孝,不显彦章 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “an individual with exceptional talent overshadows others of lesser ability, making them seem less prominent or significant”. Literally, “With Cunxiao present, Yanzhang is not prominent”.

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Open the tool →有了存孝,不显彦章 (yǒu le cún xiào , bù xiǎn yàn zhāng) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “an individual with exceptional talent overshadows others of lesser ability, making them seem less prominent or significant”.
有了存孝,不显彦章 is pronounced yǒu le cún xiào , bù xiǎn yàn zhāng in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 有了存孝,不显彦章 means “with Cunxiao present, Yanzhang is not prominent”. It is used to mean “an individual with exceptional talent overshadows others of lesser ability, making them seem less prominent or significant”.
存孝:五代李克用的养子;彦章:五代朱温的部将。有了李存孝,就显不出王彦章。比喻一个有突出才华的人,压倒了另一个才华稍次一点的人