"Covering" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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蒙皮 méng pí skin / covering
笼 lǒng to cover / to cage / covering / also pr. [long2]
包层 bāo céng cladding / covering (on a fiber)
衣子 yī zǐ covering
安装表层  covering / cover
铺天盖地 pū tiān gài dì lit. hiding the sky and covering the earth (idiom) / fig. earth-shattering / omnipresent / of universal importance
剥离 bō lí to peel / to strip / to peel off / to come off (of tissue, skin, covering etc)
横空 héng kōng filling the atmosphere / covering the sky
头巾 tóu jīn cloth head covering worn by men in ancient times / headscarf (typically worn by women) / kerchief / turban
肚兜 dù dōu undergarment covering the chest and abdomen
盖头 gài tóu cover / cap / topping / head covering / veil
漫山遍野 màn shān biàn yě lit. covering the mountains and the plains (idiom) / fig. as far as the eye can see / covering everything / omnipresent
通史 tōng shǐ narrative history / comprehensive history / a history covering an extended period
资治通鉴 Zī zhì Tōng jiàn A Mirror for the Wise Ruler (or Comprehensive Mirror for Aid in Government), a vast chronological general history, written by 司馬光|司马光[Si1 ma3 Guang1] Sima Guang (1019-1089) and collaborators during the Northern Song in 1084, covering the period 403 BC-959 AD, 294 scrolls
劈头盖脸 pī tóu gài liǎn lit. splitting the head and covering the face (idiom) / fig. pelting (with rain etc) / showering down
覆膜 fù mó membrane covering sth / coating
头套 tóu tào actor's headgear / wig / head covering
满山遍野 mǎn shān biàn yě covering the whole land / over hills and dales
中生代 Zhōng shēng dài Mesozoic (geological era 250-65m years ago, covering Triassic 三疊紀|三叠纪, Jurassic 侏羅紀|侏罗纪 / and Cretaceous 白堊紀|白垩纪)
第四纪 dì sì jì fourth period / quaternary (geological period covering the recent ice ages over the last 180,000 years)
弥天 mí tiān filling the entire sky / covering everything (of fog, crime, disaster etc)
骨膜 gǔ mó periosteum (membrane covering bone)
古生代 Gǔ shēng dài Paleozoic, geological era 545-250m years ago, covering Cambrian 寒武紀|寒武纪, Ordovician 奧陶紀|奥陶纪, Silurian 志留紀|志留纪, Devonian 泥盆紀|泥盆纪, Carboniferous 石炭紀|石炭纪, Permian 二疊紀|二叠纪
兜肚 dōu du undergarment covering the chest and abdomen
帐 zhàng covering veil / canopy / screen / tent / variant of 賬|账[zhang4]
瓤 ráng pulp (of fruit) / sth inside a covering / bad / weak
厣 yǎn operculum (Latin: little lid) / a covering flap (in various branches of anatomy)
衣不蔽体 yī bù bì tǐ lit. clothes not covering the body (idiom) / fig. poverty-stricken
兜兜 dōu dou an undergarment covering chest and abdomen
遮天蔽日 zhē tiān bì rì lit. hiding the sky and covering the earth (idiom) / fig. earth-shattering / omnipresent / of universal importance
旅平险 lu:3 píng xiǎn travel insurance covering medical expenses / abbr. for 旅遊平安險|旅游平安险
全新世 Quán xīn shì Holocene (geological period covering approx 12000 years since the last ice age)
万维天罗地网 Wàn wéi Tiān luó Dì wǎng World Wide Web (WWW) / lit. ten-thousand dimensional net covering heaven and earth / term coined by China News Digest and abbr. to 萬維網|万维网[Wan4 wei2 wang3]
多层复迭 duō céng fù dié many-sheeted covering (math.)
帹 shà kerchief covering head (arch.)
帹暆 shà yí kerchief covering head (arch.)
抹胸 mò xiōng old feminine garment, covering chest and abdomen
更新世 Gēng xīn shì Pleistocene (geological epoch from 2m years ago, covering the most recent ice ages)
江南省 Jiāng nán shěng name of Qing dynasty province covering south Jiangsu, south Anhui and north Zhejiang provinces, with capital at Nanjing
火场留守分队 huǒ chǎng liú shǒu fēn duì detachment left to provide covering fire
胚芽鞘 pēi yá qiào coleoptile, protective sheath covering an emerging shoot (botany)
云贵高原 Yún Guì gāo yuán Yunnan and Guizhou plateau in southwest China, covering east Yunnan, whole of Guizhou, west of Guangxi and southern margins of Sichuan, Hubei and Hunan
掩护小组 yǎn hù xiǎo zǔ covering party
掩护火力 yǎn hù huǒ lì covering fire
独立国家联合体预警工作会议  Meeting on Early Warning Work Covering the Commonwealth of Independent States
阿拉瓦协定  Agreement Covering Implementation of the Ceasefire / Arawa Agreement
掩护部队  covering force
不便险 bù biàn xiǎn travel insurance covering flight delay, baggage loss etc (abbr. for 旅遊不便險|旅游不便险)
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