"掩" • Chinese-English Dictionary
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| 掩 |  yǎn | 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 |   | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Results beginning with 掩 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 掩饰 | yǎn shì | to cover up / to conceal / to mask / to gloss over | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 掩盖 | yǎn gài | to conceal / to hide behind / to cover up | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 掩护 | yǎn hù | to screen / to shield / to cover / protection / cover / CL:面[mian4] | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 掩埋 | yǎn mái | to bury | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 掩映 | yǎn yìng | hidden from view / alternately hidden and visible / setting off each other | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 掩藏 | yǎn cáng | hidden / covered / concealed | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 掩体 | yǎn tǐ | bunker (military) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 掩蔽 | yǎn bì | shelter / screen / cover / protection | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 掩耳 | yǎn ěr | to refuse to listen | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 掩卷 | yǎn juàn | (literary) to close the book (after a reading session) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 掩码 | yǎn mǎ | (computing) mask | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 掩杀 | yǎn shā | to make a surprise attack / to pounce on (an enemy) | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 掩埋雷 | buried mine | | |
| 掩样法 | yǎn yàng fǎ | illusion | |
| 掩人耳目 | yǎn rén ěr mù | to fool people (idiom) / to pull the wool over people's eyes | |
| 掩耳盗铃 | yǎn ěr dào líng | lit. to cover one's ears whilst stealing a bell / to deceive oneself / to bury one's head in the sand (idiom) | |
| 掩护部队 | covering force | | |
| 掩蔽进路 | yǎn bì jìn lù | covered route / covered approach | |
| 掩护火力 | yǎn hù huǒ lì | covering fire | |
| 掩护小组 | yǎn hù xiǎo zǔ | covering party | |
| 掩面而泣 | yǎn miàn ér qì | to bury one's head in one's hands and weep (idiom) | |
| 掩蔽所设备 | yǎn bì suǒ shè bèi | shelter set | |
| 掩蔽工程实施计划 | shelter implementation plan | | |
| 掩蔽所无线电设备 | yǎn bì suǒ wú xiàn diàn shè bèi | shelter set | |
Approximate Results for 掩 | ||||
| 遮掩 | zhē yǎn | to cover / to mask / to cover up or conceal (the truth etc) | | |
| 虚掩 | xū yǎn | to partially obscure / (of a door, gate or window) slightly open / ajar / not fully shut / unlocked / (of a jacket or shirt) unbuttoned | | |
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| 后掩蔽 | hòu yǎn bì | backward masking | |
| 瑕不掩瑜 | xiá bù yǎn yú | lit. a blemish does not obscure jade's luster / the pros outweigh the cons (idiom) | |
| 东掩西遮 | dōng yǎn xī zhē | to cover up the truth on all sides (idiom) | |
| 被掩信号 | obscured signal | | |
| 空中掩护 | air cover | | |
| 卫生掩埋 | sanitary landfilling | | |
| 火炮掩体 | gun pit | | |
| 狭长掩壕 | slit trench | | |
| 陆地掩埋 | land burial | | |
| 不加掩饰 | bù jiā yǎn shì | undisguised | |
| 遮遮掩掩 | zhē zhē yǎn yǎn | to be secretive / to try to cover up (idiom) | |
| 防破片掩体 | splinter proof shelter / splinter / fragment proof shelter | | |
| 战斗机掩护 | fighter cover | | |
| 地对空掩护 | ground-to-air defence | | |
| 陆地浅坑掩埋 | shallow land burial | | |
| 以地震为掩护 | hide-in-an-earthquake technique / earthquake masking | | |
| 坚固机枪掩体 | pillbox | | |
| 侧方掩护火力 | flank protective fire | | |
| 飞机防护掩体 | fēi jī fáng hù yǎn tǐ | protected aircraft shelter | |
| 以联合国做掩饰 | yǐ lián hé guó zuò yǎn shì | UN fig leaf | |
| 以人道主义作掩饰 | yǐ rén dào zhǔ yì zuò yǎn shì | humanitarian fig leaf / humanitarian alibi / humanitarian substitute (for political or military action) | |
| 不合格的垃圾掩埋场 | unsatisfactory landfill | | |
| 兵来将挡，水来土掩 | bīng lái jiàng dǎng , shuǐ lái tǔ yǎn | counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom) / different situations call for different action / to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation | |
| 切尔诺贝利掩蔽工程基金 | Chernobyl Shelter Fund | |
