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掩
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

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
Words starting with 掩Words ending in 掩Anywhere in a word

Words starting with 掩

掩护yǎn hù

to screen; to shield; to cover; protection; cover; CL:面[mian4]

Common
掩盖yǎn gài

to conceal; to hide behind; to cover up

掩饰yǎn shì

to cover up; to conceal; to mask; to gloss over

掩体yǎn tǐ

bunker (military)

掩埋yǎn mái

to bury

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

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