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HSK
to conceal / to hide behind / to cover up
HSK 7-9
to screen / to shield / to cover / protection / cover / CL:
HSK 7-9
to cover up / to conceal / to mask / to gloss over
HSK 7-9
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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
hidden from view / alternately hidden and visible / setting off each other
shelter; screen; cover; protection
to cover / to mask / to cover up or conceal (the truth etc)
to bury one's head in one's hands and weep (idiom)
bunker (military)
to partially obscure / (of a door, gate or window) slightly open; ajar; not fully shut; unlocked / (of a jacket or shirt) unbuttoned
lit. to cover one's ears whilst stealing a bell / to deceive oneself / to bury one's head in the sand (idiom)
(literary) to close the book (after a reading session)
to refuse to listen
to make a surprise attack / to pounce on (an enemy)
to be secretive; to try to cover up (idiom)
to bury
to fool people (idiom) / to pull the wool over people's eyes
hidden / covered / concealed
lit. a blemish does not obscure jade's luster / the pros outweigh the cons (idiom)
to cover up the truth on all sides (idiom)
(computing) mask
counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action / to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation
undisguised
backward masking
illusion


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