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HSK
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *蓋* | 蓋* | *蓋
lid / top / cover / canopy / to cover / to conceal / to build
HSK 4
slider phone
Gaelic (language)
cap / seal / cover / to cover / blocked shot (basketball)
to cover / to comprise / to include
HSK 7-9
lit. one's accomplishments overshadow the authority of the sovereign (idiom) / fig. to be so influential that one rivals one's leader
peerless talent (idiom); incomparable artistic merit
to cover
HSK 7-9
manhole cover (more formally, 窨井蓋|窨井盖)
to build (esp. with simple materials) / to knock together (a temporary shed) / to rig up
to hide / to cover (one's tracks)
HSK 7-9
to pack one's things and leave
(coll.) Arisaka Type 38 rifle (Japanese army rifle used 1905-1945)
reggae (loanword) / also written 雷鬼
fingernail
(car) hood / bonnet
don't pass judgment on a person's life until the lid is on the coffin (idiom)
cover / lid / shell
HSK 7-9
rice with meat and vegetables
mulch
lit. eclipsing the sky and blanketing the earth (idiom) / fig. arriving in overwhelming quantities; engulfing; all-pervasive
to conceal / to hide behind / to cover up
HSK 7-9
knee / (Internet slang) to kneel down (in admiration)
HSK 7-9
probability
to fold (poker)
(Tw) slot advertisement / interstitial ad / splash ad
flip-top (mobile phone, handbag etc) / to rebuild / to renovate
kneecap
don't pass judgment on a person's life until the lid is on the coffin (idiom)
coverage
henbit deadnettle (Lamium amplexicaule)
cap rock
Gaizhou, a county-level city in Yingkou City 營口市|营口市, Liaoning
block (basketball)
to affix a seal / to stamp (a document) / to sign off on sth
to seal (with an official stamp) / to stamp / (fig.) to ratify / to put a lid on (a cooking pot) / to cap / to build an extension or additional story
peaked cap / service cap / visor cap
manhole cover
leaf mustard
trying to hide it makes it more conspicuous (idiom); A cover up only makes matters worse.
to meet in passing / to get on well at first meeting
fig. with the connivance of both sides / fig. by mutual consent / cf Wu patriot Huang Gai submits to mock beating at the hands of General Zhou Yu to deceive Cao Cao 曹操 before the 208 battle of Redcliff 赤壁之戰|赤壁之战
to roll up one's bedding; to pack one's things / (fig.) to quit / (fig.) to get fired; to get the sack
Bill Gates (1955-), co-founder of Microsoft
coverage (in botany)
coverage
Zoigê County (Tibetan: mdzod dge rdzong) in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture 阿壩藏族羌族自治州|阿坝藏族羌族自治州, northwest Sichuan
cap of mushroom
imperial canopy (e.g. domed umbrella-like roof over carriage) / aureole / halo
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *蓋* | 蓋* | *蓋
surname Ge
lidded teacup
a door-like or hinged cover (e.g. fuel door on a car, access hatch on a machine etc)
to coat / to mask / to plaster over
tarpaulin fabric
Gestapo
back cover / shell (of crab etc)
bottle cap
to cover
Geithner (name) / Timothy Geithner (1961-), US banker, Treasury Secretary 2009-2013
rice with meat and vegetables
Sergei (name)
al-Qaeda
Geiger counter
name of "cover" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 14) / see also
Zoigê County (Tibetan: mdzod dge rdzong) in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture 阿壩藏族羌族自治州|阿坝藏族羌族自治州, northwest Sichuan
to affix a seal / to stamp (a document)
Gatsby
bowl cut (hairstyle)
Sumgayit, city in Azerbaijan
skull / cranium
Mekit nahiyisi (Makit county) in Kashgar prefecture 喀什地區|喀什地区, west Xinjiang
roof / lid
ice sheet
lit. splitting the head and covering the face (idiom); fig. pelting (with rain etc) / showering down
name of "cover" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 14) / see also
crown of the head
to block a shot (basketball) / (dialect) excellent / fantastic
to block a shot (basketball)
Gates (name)
bedroll
Gaelic / Geier or Gayer (name)
unrivalled / matchless
to submerge / to flood / to drown out
Laguerre (name) / Edmond Laguerre (1834-1886), French mathematician
(dialect) knee
Gates (name)
pucker-type lid (cup lid with a spout for sipping)
tiling (of roofs, floors, walls etc)
soft palate / velum
al-Qaeda
Guyana, NE of South America (Tw)
cover / lid
saucepan lid / (satellite) dish
name of the "roof" radical (Kangxi radical 40)
to drivel (Tw)
Gai county in Liaoning
hubcap
to spread evenly over
bedding; bedclothes

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