掩蔽
yǎn bì
Pinyin

Definition

掩蔽
 - 
yǎn bì
  1. shelter
  2. screen
  3. cover
  4. protection

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

屏蔽
píng bì
  1. 1 to screen
  2. 2 to block (sth or sb)
  3. 3 to shield
  4. 4 (protective) shield
掩盖
yǎn gài
  1. 1 to conceal
  2. 2 to hide behind
  3. 3 to cover up
掩饰
yǎn shì
  1. 1 to cover up
  2. 2 to conceal
  3. 3 to mask
  4. 4 to gloss over
掩
yǎn
  1. 1 to cover up
  2. 2 to close
  3. 3 to surprise
掩埋
yǎn mái
  1. 1 to bury
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]
蒙蔽
méng bì
  1. 1 to deceive
  2. 2 to hoodwink
遮掩
zhē yǎn
  1. 1 to cover
  2. 2 to mask
  3. 3 to cover up or conceal (the truth etc)
隐蔽
yǐn bì
  1. 1 to conceal
  2. 2 to hide
  3. 3 covert
  4. 4 under cover
一言以蔽之
yī yán yǐ bì zhī
  1. 1 one word says it all (idiom, from Analects); to cut a long story short
  2. 2 in a nutshell
掩映
yǎn yìng
  1. 1 hidden from view
  2. 2 alternately hidden and visible
  3. 3 setting off each other
掩耳
yǎn ěr
  1. 1 to refuse to listen
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)
掩蔽
yǎn bì
  1. 1 shelter
  2. 2 screen
  3. 3 cover
  4. 4 protection
掩面而泣
yǎn miàn ér qì
  1. 1 to bury one's head in one's hands and weep (idiom)
掩体
yǎn tǐ
  1. 1 bunker (military)
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)
衣不蔽体
yī bù bì tǐ
  1. 1 lit. clothes not covering the body (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. poverty-stricken
遮天蔽日
zhē tiān bì rì
  1. 1 lit. hiding the sky and covering the earth (idiom); fig. earth-shattering
  2. 2 omnipresent
  3. 3 of universal importance

Idioms (10)

一言以蔽之
yī yán yǐ bì zhī
  1. 1 one word says it all (idiom, from Analects); to cut a long story short
  2. 2 in a nutshell
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)
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)
衣不蔽体
yī bù bì tǐ
  1. 1 lit. clothes not covering the body (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. poverty-stricken
遮天蔽日
zhē tiān bì rì
  1. 1 lit. hiding the sky and covering the earth (idiom); fig. earth-shattering
  2. 2 omnipresent
  3. 3 of universal importance
遮遮掩掩
zhē zhē yǎn yǎn
  1. 1 to be secretive; to try to cover up (idiom)

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