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Trad	Simp	Mandarin	Definition	Days old	Ver
兵來將擋，水來土掩	兵来将挡，水来土掩	[bing1 lai2 jiang4 dang3 , shui3 lai2 tu3 yan3]	/counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action/to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation/	5093	1
不加掩飾	不加掩饰	[bu4 jia1 yan3 shi4]	/undisguised/	6632	1
打掩護	打掩护	[[da3 yan3hu4]]	/(military) to provide cover for (friendly forces)/(fig.) to cover up for sb/	16	2
東掩西遮	东掩西遮	[dong1 yan3 xi1 zhe1]	/to cover up the truth on all sides (idiom)/	6169	1
後掩蔽	后掩蔽	[hou4 yan3 bi4]	/backward masking/	7182	1
瑕不掩瑜	瑕不掩瑜	[xia2 bu4 yan3 yu2]	/lit. a blemish does not obscure jade's luster/the pros outweigh the cons (idiom)/	6193	1
虛掩	虚掩	[[xu1yan3]]	/to partially obscure/(of a door, gate or window) slightly open; ajar; not fully shut; unlocked/(of a jacket or shirt) unbuttoned/	871	2
掩	掩	[yan3]	/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/	1354	1
掩藏	掩藏	[yan3 cang2]	/hidden/covered/concealed/	7057	1
掩耳	掩耳	[yan3 er3]	/to refuse to listen/	7133	1
掩耳盜鈴	掩耳盗铃	[yan3 er3 dao4 ling2]	/lit. to cover one's ears whilst stealing a bell/to deceive oneself/to bury one's head in the sand (idiom)/	6190	1
掩蓋	掩盖	[yan3 gai4]	/to conceal/to hide behind/to cover up/	6690	1
掩護	掩护	[yan3 hu4]	/to screen/to shield/to cover/protection/cover/CL:面[mian4]/	6199	1
掩埋	掩埋	[yan3 mai2]	/to bury/	6936	1
掩面而泣	掩面而泣	[yan3 mian4 er2 qi4]	/to bury one's head in one's hands and weep (idiom)/	5002	1
掩人耳目	掩人耳目	[yan3 ren2 er3 mu4]	/to fool people (idiom)/to pull the wool over people's eyes/	4981	1
掩殺	掩杀	[yan3 sha1]	/to make a surprise attack/to pounce on (an enemy)/	6180	1
掩飾	掩饰	[yan3 shi4]	/to cover up/to conceal/to mask/to gloss over/	5252	1
掩體	掩体	[yan3 ti3]	/bunker (military)/	6696	1
掩樣法	掩样法	[yan3 yang4 fa3]	/illusion/	6323	1
掩映	掩映	[yan3 ying4]	/hidden from view/alternately hidden and visible/setting off each other/	4272	1
掩蔽	掩蔽	[[yan3bi4]]	/shelter; screen; cover; protection/	928	2
掩卷	掩卷	[[yan3juan4]]	/(literary) to close the book (after a reading session)/	641	2
掩碼	掩码	[[yan3ma3]]	/(computing) mask/	1006	2
遮掩	遮掩	[zhe1 yan3]	/to cover/to mask/to cover up or conceal (the truth etc)/	6169	1
遮遮掩掩	遮遮掩掩	[zhe1 zhe1 yan3 yan3]	/to be secretive; to try to cover up (idiom)/	6320	1

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