"Umbrella" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 yǔ sǎn umbrella / CL:把[ba3]
 wǎng luó net for fishing or bird catching / (fig.) fetters / to snare (a valuable new team member etc) / to bring together under the one umbrella
 bǎo hù sǎn protective umbrella / fig. person affording protection (esp. corrupt)
 shōu lǒng to draw to oneself / to gather up / to collect / to fold up (an umbrella, wings etc) / to assemble (a party of persons) / to rope in (some people)
 dǎ sǎn to hold up an umbrella
 zhī kāi to send (sb) away / to change the subject / to open (an umbrella etc)
 sǎn xià under the umbrella of
 dēng large umbrella for stalls / an ancient kind of bamboo or straw hat
 sǎn umbrella / parasol
  Pacific Umbrella Partnership Initiative on Adaptation
 fēi zhōu wēi jí fù rǔ zǒng fāng àn African Women in Crisis Umbrella Programme
 lián hé guó ān quán bǎo hù sǎn United Nations security umbrella
  Umbrella Memorandum of Understanding
 zǒng kuò xiàng mù umbrella project
 zǒng tǐ xiàng mù umbrella project
 sǎn shì jí tuán Umbrella Group
  umbrella authority
  umbrella programme
  umbrella agreement / general agreement
 zhǔ pǐn pái umbrella brand (marketing)
 hé shang dǎ sǎn , wú fǎ wú tiān lit. like a monk holding an umbrella &mdash / no hair, no sky (idiom) (punning on 髮|发[fa4] vs 法[fa3]) / fig. defying the law and the principles of heaven / lawless
 ài xīn sǎn courtesy umbrella (one made available for borrowing)
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