掩映
yǎn yìng
Pinyin

Definition

掩映
 - 
yǎn yìng
  1. hidden from view
  2. alternately hidden and visible
  3. setting off each other

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

上映
shàng yìng
  1. 1 to show (a movie)
  2. 2 to screen
反映
fǎn yìng
  1. 1 to mirror
  2. 2 to reflect
  3. 3 mirror image
  4. 4 reflection
  5. 5 (fig.) to report
  6. 6 to make known
  7. 7 to render
掩饰
yǎn shì
  1. 1 to cover up
  2. 2 to conceal
  3. 3 to mask
  4. 4 to gloss over
倒映
dào yìng
  1. 1 to reflect (producing an inverted image)
公映
gōng yìng
  1. 1 public screening (of a movie)
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
掩护
yǎn hù
  1. 1 to screen
  2. 2 to shield
  3. 3 to cover
  4. 4 protection
  5. 5 cover
  6. 6 CL:面[miàn]
放映
fàng yìng
  1. 1 to show (a movie)
  2. 2 to screen
放映室
fàng yìng shì
  1. 1 cinema room
  2. 2 viewing room
映
yìng
  1. 1 to reflect (light)
  2. 2 to shine
  3. 3 to project (an image onto a screen etc)
映像
yìng xiàng
  1. 1 reflection
  2. 2 image (in a mirror)
映射
yìng shè
  1. 1 to shine on
  2. 2 (math., linguistics etc) mapping
映照
yìng zhào
  1. 1 to shine upon
  2. 2 to reflect
映衬
yìng chèn
  1. 1 to set off by contrast
  2. 2 antithesis
  3. 3 analogy parallelism (linguistics)
遮掩
zhē yǎn
  1. 1 to cover
  2. 2 to mask
  3. 3 to cover up or conceal (the truth etc)
首映
shǒu yìng
  1. 1 to premiere (a movie or TV show)
  2. 2 premiere (of a movie)
  3. 3 first-run (movie)
  4. 4 to greet (the eye) before anything else (e.g. when entering a room)
投映
tóu yìng
  1. 1 (of a light source) to cast one's light on
  2. 2 to project (an image)

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
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)
映入眼帘
yìng rù yǎn lián
  1. 1 (idiom) to greet the eye
  2. 2 to come into view
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)
聚萤映雪
jù yíng yìng xuě
  1. 1 lit. to collect fireflies and study by their light (idiom); fig. ambitious student from impoverished background
  2. 2 burning the midnight oil
遮遮掩掩
zhē zhē yǎn yǎn
  1. 1 to be secretive; to try to cover up (idiom)

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