雌し伏ふく雄ゆう飛ひ

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

biding one's time and then seizing an opportunity to succeed

A yojijukugo describing a strategy of lying low and building strength until the right moment to act boldly. Often used in motivational or literary contexts.

• 彼かれは雌し伏ふく雄ゆう飛ひの精せい神しんで、長ながい下した積づみ時じ代だいを耐たえ抜ぬいた。

  With the spirit of biding his time and then soaring, he endured a long period of obscurity.

• 雌し伏ふく雄ゆう飛ひの時ときを待まつ。

  Wait for the time to lie low and then rise.