掩埋
yǎn mái
Pinyin

Definition

掩埋
 - 
yǎn mái
  1. to bury

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

埋
mái
  1. 1 to bury
埋伏
mái fú
  1. 1 to ambush
  2. 2 to lie in wait for
  3. 3 to lie low
  4. 4 ambush
埋单
mái dān
  1. 1 to pay the bill (in a restaurant etc) (loanword from Cantonese)
  2. 2 (fig.) to bear responsibility
埋怨
mán yuàn
  1. 1 to complain
  2. 2 to grumble (about)
  3. 3 to reproach
  4. 4 to blame
埋没
mái mò
  1. 1 to engulf
  2. 2 to bury
  3. 3 to overlook
  4. 4 to stifle
  5. 5 to neglect
  6. 6 to fall into oblivion
埋葬
mái zàng
  1. 1 to bury
埋藏
mái cáng
  1. 1 to bury
  2. 2 to hide by burying
  3. 3 hidden
埋头
mái tóu
  1. 1 to immerse oneself in
  2. 2 engrossed in sth
  3. 3 to lower the head (e.g. to avoid rain)
  4. 4 countersunk (of screws, rivets etc)
掩
yǎn
  1. 1 to cover up
  2. 2 to close
  3. 3 to surprise
掩埋
yǎn mái
  1. 1 to bury
掩盖
yǎn gài
  1. 1 to conceal
  2. 2 to hide behind
  3. 3 to cover up
掩藏
yǎn cáng
  1. 1 hidden
  2. 2 covered
  3. 3 concealed
掩饰
yǎn shì
  1. 1 to cover up
  2. 2 to conceal
  3. 3 to mask
  4. 4 to gloss over
遮掩
zhē yǎn
  1. 1 to cover
  2. 2 to mask
  3. 3 to cover up or conceal (the truth etc)
埋名
mái míng
  1. 1 to conceal one's identity
  2. 2 to live incognito
埋天怨地
mán tiān yuàn dì
  1. 1 lit. to blame the heavens and reproach the earth
  2. 2 fig. to rave and rant
埋汰
mái tai
  1. 1 (dialect) dirty
  2. 2 to mock sb
埋线
mái xiàn
  1. 1 sunken cord (used in bookbinding)
埋设
mái shè
  1. 1 to install (water pipes, landmines etc) underground
埋首
mái shǒu
  1. 1 to immerse oneself in (one's work, studies etc)

Idioms (9)

兵来将挡，水来土掩
bīng lái jiàng dǎng , shuǐ lái tǔ yǎn
  1. 1 counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action
  2. 2 to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation
埋头苦干
mái tóu kǔ gàn
  1. 1 to bury oneself in work (idiom); to be engrossed in work
  2. 2 to make an all-out effort
  3. 3 up to the neck in work
掩人耳目
yǎn rén ěr mù
  1. 1 to fool people (idiom)
  2. 2 to pull the wool over people's eyes
掩耳盗铃
yǎn ěr dào líng
  1. 1 lit. to cover one's ears whilst stealing a bell
  2. 2 to deceive oneself
  3. 3 to bury one's head in the sand (idiom)
掩面而泣
yǎn miàn ér qì
  1. 1 to bury one's head in one's hands and weep (idiom)
东掩西遮
dōng yǎn xī zhē
  1. 1 to cover up the truth on all sides (idiom)
瑕不掩瑜
xiá bù yǎn yú
  1. 1 lit. a blemish does not obscure jade's luster
  2. 2 the pros outweigh the cons (idiom)
葬玉埋香
zàng yù mái xiāng
  1. 1 lit. burying jade and interring incense (idiom); funeral for a beautiful person
遮遮掩掩
zhē zhē yǎn yǎn
  1. 1 to be secretive; to try to cover up (idiom)

Sample Sentences

发会雪白土会掩埋
fà huì xuěbái tǔ huì yǎnmái
Their hair turns grey; the earth will engulf them
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