掩飾

简 掩饰 · 繁 掩飾
Mandarin · pinyin yǎn shì

Meanings

  1. to cover up
  2. to conceal
  3. to mask
  4. to gloss over
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掩
yǎn · to cover (with the hand); shut, conceal; ambush
飾
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饰
shì · decorate, ornament, adorn
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3–4 · yan3 shi4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

jim2 sik1

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verb

  1. to cover up; to conceal; to mask

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