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
18 results for 掩
掩
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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
- Pinyin
- yǎn
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 36628 of 2500
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All 17Words starting with 掩
Words ending in 掩
遮掩zhē yǎn
to cover; to mask; to cover up or conceal (the truth etc)
遮遮掩掩zhē zhē yǎn yǎn
to be secretive; to try to cover up (idiom)
虚掩xū yǎn
to partially obscure; (of a door, gate or window) slightly open; ajar; not fully shut; unlocked; (of a jacket or shirt) unbuttoned
兵来将挡,水来土掩bīng lái jiàng dǎng , shuǐ lái tǔ yǎn
counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action; to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation