tǎn​hù

shield

袒护 (袒護) tǎn​hù
shield verb
to shield a person, especially a wrongdoer, from punishment or criticism

You can't shield him from his mistakes just because he is your brother.

take sides verb
to show partiality or favor one side over another in a dispute

The teacher never takes sides when handling conflicts between students.

Frequency

Movie subtitles
1.58 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
0.684 per million

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