护短 (護短) hùduǎn

hùduǎn verb to shield (one's shortcoming); to cover up (errors)
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '護短'; Guoyu '護短')

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 第三十八回 Chapter 38 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 3
• 第四回 Chapter 4 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 2
• 第三十二回 Chapter 32 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 2
• 卷八十一　列傳第六十九:　儒林上 Volume 81 Biographies 69: Confucian Scholars 1 History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 1
• 卷84 儒林:梁越 盧醜 張偉 梁祚 平恆 陳奇 常爽 劉獻之 Volume 84: Renowned Confucians - Liang Yue, Lu Chou, Zhang Wei, Liang Zuo, Ping Heng, Chen Qi, Chang Shuang, Liu Xianzhi Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 1
• 第二回 Chapter 73 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 1
• 卷38　列傳第3　劉昉 鄭譯 柳裘 皇甫績 盧賁 Volume 38 Biographies 3: Liu Fang, Zheng Yi, Liu Qiu, Huang Fuji, Lu Ben Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 1
• 第七十六回 Chapter 76 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 1
• 卷17　志第12 律曆中 Volume 17 Treatises 12: Measures and the Calendar 2 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 1
• 第二回 Chapter 101 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 1

Collocations

• 性护短 (性護短) 雅性護短 — Book of Wei 魏書, 卷84 儒林:梁越 盧醜 張偉 梁祚 平恆 陳奇 常爽 劉獻之 Volume 84: Renowned Confucians - Liang Yue, Lu Chou, Zhang Wei, Liang Zuo, Ping Heng, Chen Qi, Chang Shuang, Liu Xianzhi — count: 2