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  *盖* | 盖* | *盖
lid / top / cover / canopy / to cover / to conceal / to build
HSK 4
lit. hidden dragon, crouching tiger (idiom) / fig. talented individuals in hiding / concealed talent
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  *伏* | 伏* | *伏
to lean over / to fall (go down) / to hide (in ambush) / to conceal oneself / to lie low / hottest days of summer / to submit / to concede defeat / to overcome / to subdue / volt
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  *藏* | 藏* | *藏
to conceal / to hide away / to harbor / to store / to collect
HSK 6
to conceal
to conceal / to hide (a taboo subject) / to cover up the truth
HSK 7-9
to conceal / to hide behind / to cover up
HSK 7-9
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  *遮* | 遮* | *遮
to cover up (a shortcoming) / to screen off / to hide / to conceal
HSK 7-9
to hide / to conceal / to mask / to shelter / to harbor (i.e. keep sth hidden) / to hide oneself / to lie low / to nestle / hidden / implicit / private / covert / recessed (lighting)
HSK 6
lit. hidden dragon, crouching tiger (idiom) / fig. talented individuals in hiding / concealed talent
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  *褢* | 褢* | *褢
to carry in the bosom or the sleeve / to wrap, to conceal
to cover up / to conceal / to mask / to gloss over
HSK 7-9
to cover up / to conceal / to go into hiding
HSK 7-9
hidden / covered / concealed
not exposed / concealed from view
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *潜* | 潜* | *潜
hidden / secret / latent / to hide / to conceal / to submerge / to dive
to contain in a concealed form / to keep covered up / implicit
a danger concealed within sth / hidden damage / misfortune not visible from the surface
HSK 7-9
to conceal / to hide / covert / under cover
HSK 7-9
lit. coiled dragon, crouching tiger (idiom) / fig. talented individuals in hiding / concealed talent
to puncture / to pierce / (fig.) to destroy (the facade concealing an unpleasant reality)
(Tw) (of the police) to bury a crime (i.e. conceal the existence of a criminal case in order to improve crime-solving statistics or in return for a bribe etc)
without concealing anything / to pass away / to die
built-in lock; concealed lock (flush with the surface, with only the keyhole visible) (contrasted with 明鎖|明锁 "exposed lock")
to lie in wait / to ambush / to conceal sth
to conceal one's strengths and bide one's time (idiom) / to hide one's light under a bushel
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  *搋* | 搋* | *搋
to knead / to rub / to clear a drain with a pump / to conceal sth in one's bosom / to carry sth under one's coat
concealed weapon
cannot conceal (a matter) from (sb)
to contain / to accumulate / to hold concealed
(idiom) to harbor evil intentions; to conceal malice
to hide / to conceal
hidden beneath the surface / buried and concealed
crouching tiger / fig. major figure in hiding / concealed talent
to cover up / to hide / to conceal
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  *揞* | 揞* | *揞
to apply (medicinal powder to a wound) / to cover up / to conceal
hidden snap fastener (concealed behind a flap on a garment)
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  *隐* | 隐* | *隐
(bound form) secret; hidden; concealed; crypto-
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  *昧* | 昧* | *昧
to conceal / dark
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  *饰* | 饰* | *饰
decoration / ornament / to decorate / to adorn / to hide / to conceal (a fault) / excuse (to hide a fault) / to play a role (in opera) / to impersonate
to hide / to cover up / to conceal
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *囥* | 囥* | *囥
(dialect) to hide / to conceal
to conceal one's identity / to live incognito
to be shaded or concealed by foliage / to conceal / hidden / covert / shade (of a tree)
lit. the assassin's dagger, concealed in a map scroll, is suddenly revealed when the map is unrolled (referring to the attempted assassination of Ying Zheng 嬴政 by Jing Ke 荊軻|荆轲 in 227 BC) (idiom) / fig. malicious intent suddenly becomes apparent
spring-loaded arrow concealed in one's sleeve
hiding a sickness for fear of treatment (idiom); fig. concealing a fault to avoid criticism / to keep one's shortcomings secret / to refuse to listen to advice
to polish a text / rhetoric / ornate language / to use florid language to conceal errors / to gloss over
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *廋* | 廋* | *廋
to search / be concealed
(TV or movie) blooper / continuity error / (theater) to flub one's lines / unintended exposure of a body part / to be exposed (of a scheme or trick) / to reveal sth one intended to conceal through a slip of the tongue / to blow one's cover
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  *蔽* | 蔽* | *蔽
to cover / to shield / to screen / to conceal
to contain / to harbor / to conceal
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  *薆* | 薆* | *薆
to cover / to hide / to conceal
lit. a needle concealed in silk floss (idiom) / fig. ruthless character behind a gentle appearance / a wolf in sheep's clothing / an iron fist in a velvet glove
unable to conceal one's happiness, amazement, shock etc / grinning from ear to ear / mouth agape / gobsmacked
to cover / to mask / to cover up or conceal (the truth etc)
(literary) to cover / to conceal / to hide from view
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  *掖* | 掖* | *掖
to tuck (into a pocket) / to hide / to conceal
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  *侜* | 侜* | *侜
to conceal / to cover
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  *匸* | 匸* | *匸
"cover" or "conceal" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 23) (distinguished from )
to hide from public view / to conceal one's identity / to lay low
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  *瞒* | 瞒* | *瞒
to conceal from / to keep (sb) in the dark
HSK 7-9
to conceal oneself / to go into hiding / to take cover
HSK 7-9
(Tw) miniature, concealable camera with a pinhole-sized lens / pinhole camera
lit. knife mouth but heart of bean curd; sharp tongue concealing a caring heart
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  *掩* | 掩* | *掩
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
to deceive / to conceal
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  *褱* | 褱* | *褱
to carry in the bosom or the sleeve / to wrap, to conceal
concealer (cosmetics)
to conceal one's identity / living incognito
to hide / to conceal and avoid (contact) / to keep sth concealed
to conceal one's identity / living incognito
to conceal or deceive in a report / to falsify by over- or underreporting
to hide dirt, to conceal corruption (idiom); to shelter evil people and accept wrongdoing / aiding and abetting wicked deeds
to be tolerant / to be forgiving / to conceal / to cover
wolf trap (trou de loup), medieval defensive trap consisting of a concealed pit with sharp spikes
seam; stitching / decorative trim; molding (used to conceal joints in architecture or interior design)
to conceal one's abilities and wait (idiom); to lie low and await the opportune moment
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  *窾* | 窾* | *窾
to conceal / to hide
to hide dirt, to conceal corruption (idiom); to shelter evil people and accept wrongdoing / aiding and abetting wicked deeds
lit. to sing "The Empty City Stratagem" (idiom) / fig. to put up a bluff to conceal one's weakness / (jocular) (of a place etc) to be empty; (of one's stomach) to be rumbling
to be concealed by supernatural forces; to disappear mysteriously; (fig.) to be out of the public eye
to hide / to conceal
legendary grass conferring invisibility / fig. to conceal oneself or one's plans
sth one wishes to conceal / the cat (as in "let the cat out of the bag")


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