掩 yǎn

1. yǎn verb to cover; to conceal
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '掩' 1, p. 528; Unihan '掩')
2. yǎn verb to cast a shadow over
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '掩' 1b, p. 528)
3. yǎn verb to shut off
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '掩' 2, p. 528; Unihan '掩')
4. yǎn verb to exceed
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '掩' 3, p. 528)
5. yǎn adverb fully
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '掩' 4, p. 528)
6. yǎn verb to shut; to obstruct
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '掩' 1a, p. 528; Unihan '掩')
7. yǎn verb to ambush
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '掩' 5, p. 528; Unihan '掩')

Contained in

• 掩耳 to refuse to listen
• 掩杀(掩殺) to make a surprise attack; to pounce on (an enemy)
• 兵来将挡，水来土掩(兵來將擋，水來土掩) counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir; different situations call for different action
• 掩盖(掩蓋) to cover ; to conceal; to hide
• 掩蔽 cover; shelter
• 掩护(掩護) to hide ; to protect using a cover ; camouflage
• 掩耳盗铃(掩耳盜鈴) to cover one's ears whilst stealing a bell; to deceive oneself; to bury one's head in the sand
• 掩体(掩體) bunker
• 掩饰(掩飾) to conceal a fault; gloss over
• 东掩西遮(東掩西遮) to cover up the truth on all sides
• 遮遮掩掩 to be secretive; to try to cover up
• 迅雷不及掩耳 thunder is too fast to allow time to cover one's ears; as fast as lightening
• 掩闭(掩閉) to close
• 掩埋 to bury
• 掩面而泣 to bury one's head in one's hands and weep
• 掩藏 hidden; covered; concealed
• 遮掩 to cover ; to cover up; conceal
• 掩映 hidden from view; alternately hidden and visible; setting off each other
• 后掩蔽(後掩蔽) backward masking
• 瑕不掩瑜 a blemish does not obscure jade's luster; the pros outweigh the cons
• 掩样法(掩樣法) illusion
• 疾雷不及掩耳 a bolt of thunder claps there is no time to cover one's ears
• 不加掩饰(不加掩飾) undisguised
• 掩人耳目 to fool people; to pull the wool over people's eyes

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 卷五十三 志第六 天文六 Volume 53 Treatises 6: Astronomy 6 History of Song 宋史 — count: 146
• 卷105之二 天象志一之二 Volume 105b Treatise 1: Celestial Phenomena 2 Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 100
• 卷三十三　　　　志第二十三　　天文三 Volume 33 Treatises 27: Astronomy 3 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 87
• 卷五十四 志第七 天文七 Volume 54 Treatises 7: Astronomy 7 History of Song 宋史 — count: 67
• 卷二十　　志第一:　天文 日薄食煇珥雲氣 月五星淩犯及星變 Volume 20 Treatises 1: Astronomy - Solar Eclipses, Lunar and Five Planets Occultations, Changes to Stars History of Jin 金史 — count: 48
• 卷三十六 志第十六: 天文下 Volume 36 Treatises 16: Astronomy 2 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 43
• 卷105之四 天象志一之四 Volume 105d Treatise 1: Celestial Phenomena 4 Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 41
• 卷105之三 天象志一之三 Volume 105c Treatise 1: Celestial Phenomena 3 Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 37
• 卷四十八　志第一:　　天文一 Volume 48 Treatises 1: Astronomy 1 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 34
• 卷十二 志第四 天文上 Volume 12 Treatises 4: Astronomy 1 Book of Southern Qi 南齊書 — count: 33

Collocations

• 掩鼻 (掩鼻) 則人皆掩鼻而過之 — Mencius 孟子, 離婁下 Li Lou II — count: 8
• 掩人 (掩人) 夫棄灰於街必掩人 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 內儲說上七術第三十 Chapter 30: A Collection of Sayings I — count: 4
• 掩目 (掩目) 掩目而視青黃也 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷九　主術訓 Chapter 9: The Sovereign's Methods — count: 4
• 蒍掩 (蒍掩) 楚蒍掩為司馬 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 4
• 掩余 (掩餘) 掩餘帥左 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 4
• 掩形 (掩形) 所以掩形也 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《雜記下》 Miscellaneous Records II — count: 3
• 掩面 (掩面) 子西以袂掩面而死 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 哀公 Lord Ai — count: 3
• 掩函 (掩函) 掩函弗射 — Mozi 墨子, 卷九 非儒下 Book 9 - Anti-Confucianism II — count: 3
• 不可掩 (不可掩) 顯者不可掩 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《禮器》 Rites in the Formation of Character — count: 3
• 掩身 (掩身) 處必掩身 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《月令》 Proceedings of Government in the Different Months — count: 3