掩
to cover up (with a hand); to ambush, to conceal; to shut; to cover up; to conceal; to close (a door, book etc); (coll.) to get (one's fingers etc) caught when closing a door or lid; (literary) to launch a surprise attack
- Strokes
- 11
- Pinyin
- yǎn
Parts
Words with 掩
- 掩卷yǎn juàn · yanjuan(literary) to close the book (after a reading session)
- 掩埋yǎn mái · yanmaito bury
- 掩映yǎn yìng · yanyinghidden from view; alternately hidden and visible; setting off each other
- 掩杀yǎn shā · yanshato make a surprise attack; to pounce on (an enemy)
- 掩码yǎn mǎ · yanma(computing) mask
- 掩耳yǎn ěr · yanerto refuse to listen
- 掩盖yǎn gài · yangaito conceal; to hide behind; to cover up
- 掩蔽yǎn bì · yanbishelter; screen; cover; protection
- 掩藏yǎn cáng · yancanghidden; covered; concealed
- 掩护yǎn hù · yanhuto screen; to shield; to cover
- 掩饰yǎn shì · yanshito cover up; to conceal; to mask
- 掩体yǎn tǐ · yantibunker (military)
- 虚掩xū yǎn · xuyanto partially obscure; (of a door, gate or window) slightly open; ajar; not fully shut; unlocked; (of a jacket or shirt) unbuttoned
- 遮掩zhē yǎn · zheyanto cover; to mask; to cover up or conceal (the truth etc)
- 后掩蔽hòu yǎn bì · houyanbibackward masking
- 掩样法yǎn yàng fǎ · yanyangfaillusion
- 不加掩饰bù jiā yǎn shì · bujiayanshiundisguised
- 掩人耳目yǎn rén ěr mù · yanrenermuto fool people (idiom); to pull the wool over people's eyes
- 掩耳盗铃yǎn ěr dào líng · yanerdaolinglit. to cover one's ears whilst stealing a bell; to deceive oneself; to bury one's head in the sand (idiom)
- 掩面而泣yǎn miàn ér qì · yanmianerqito bury one's head in one's hands and weep (idiom)
- 东掩西遮dōng yǎn xī zhē · dongyanxizheto cover up the truth on all sides (idiom)
- 瑕不掩瑜xiá bù yǎn yú · xiabuyanyulit. a blemish does not obscure jade's luster; the pros outweigh the cons (idiom)
- 遮遮掩掩zhē zhē yǎn yǎn · zhezheyanyanto be secretive; to try to cover up (idiom)
- 兵来将挡,水来土掩bīng lái jiàng dǎng , shuǐ lái tǔ yǎn · binglaijiangdang,shuilaituyancounter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action; to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation