Keep your head down
Chinese idiom, Pinyin is m á it ó UG ù y ǐ ng, which means that the pretender peeps at the reaction of the outside world. It comes from Li Zhi's answer to Deng Mingfu in Ming Dynasty.
Idiom usage
As a predicate or attributive; used of people
The origin of Idioms
Li Zhi's answer to Deng Mingfu in Ming Dynasty: "it's not a trivial situation with the world, but a matter of looking into the shadow."
Idiom explanation
It is used to describe the disguiser's reaction to the outside world.
Chinese PinYin : mái tóu gù yǐng
Keep your head down
hold down a job without doing a stroke of work. shī wèi sù cān