yǎn

掩 (yǎn) is a Chinese word meaning “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”.

Meanings

  1. 1to cover up; to conceal
  2. 2to close (a door, book etc)
  3. 3(coll.) to get (one's fingers etc) caught when closing a door or lid
  4. 4(literary) to launch a surprise attack

Related words

掩护to screen掩盖to conceal掩饰to cover up掩体bunker (military)遮掩to cover掩埋to bury掩藏hidden遮遮掩掩to be secretive; to try to cover up (idiom)掩人耳目to fool people (idiom)掩蔽shelter; screen; cover; protection掩耳盗铃lit. to cover one's ears whilst stealing a bell虚掩to partially obscure

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