掩护
yǎn​hù HSK7

shield

掩护 (掩護) yǎn​hù
shield verb
to provide protection or concealment to someone or something, especially in a tactical or military context

坦克在前方掩护步兵进攻。

tǎn​kè zài qián​fāng yǎn​hù bù​bīng jìn​gōng.

Tanks are covering the infantry's advance at the front.

cover verb
something that serves as a screen, protection, or a means of concealment

他们利用夜色的掩护成功越过了边境。

tā​men lì​yòng yè​sè de yǎn​hù chéng​gōng yuè​guò le biān​jìng.

They successfully crossed the border under the cover of night.

Frequency
Movie subtitles
23.0 per million appears in 8% of films
Written text
6.51 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 7

Cross-References

Classifier

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)