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掩
掩
yǎn
v. cover, hide; shut, close; get pinched (when shutting a door, a window or a lid)
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CHARACTER COMPOSITION
RADICAL
扌 hand (for 掩)手 hand (for 掩)
SIMILAR CHARACTERS
WRITE STROKE BY STROKE
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Simplified stroke orders are based on the 'Standard of National Commonly-used Mandarin Chinese Characters (现代汉语通用字笔顺规范)', issued by the China National Language and Character Working Committee (国家语言文字工作委员会) on April 7th 1997. Traditional stroke orders are based on information issued by the Taiwan Ministry of Education.
EXAMPLES
寺庙掩映在一片翠竹之中。
寺廟掩映在一片翠竹之中。
sì miào yǎn yìng zài yí piàn cuì zhú zhī zhōng .
phr. The temple was partly hidden in the green bamboo.
掩盖
掩蓋
yǎn gài
v. cover, overspread
掩护
掩護
yǎn hù
v. give/lend cover for, shield, cover
遮掩
遮掩
zhē yǎn
v. cover, cover up, hide
掩埋
掩埋
yǎn mái
v. bury
拿手掩着脸
拿手掩著臉
ná shóu yǎn zhe liǎn
phr. cover one's face with hands
掩耳盗铃
掩耳盜鈴
yán ěr dào líng
idiom. plug one's ears while stealing a bell -- to deceive oneself
兵来将挡,水来土掩
兵來將擋,水來土掩
bīng lái jiàng dǎng, shuǐ lái tú yǎn
idiom. confront soldiers with generals and stem water with earth, (fig.) take appropriate measures as the situation calls for
门虚掩着。
門虛掩著。
mén xū yǎn zhe .
phr. The door is left unlocked.
关窗户的时候小心掩了手。
關窗戶的時候小心掩了手。
guān chuāng hu de shí hou xiǎo xīn yǎn le shǒu .
phr. When closing the window, be careful not to get your fingers caught up (in the window).