dōng​yǎn​xī​zhē

to cover up

  • created sense approved 东掩西遮/東掩西遮 · dōng​yǎn​xī​zhē · to cover up — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    东掩西遮 / 東掩西遮

    dōng​yǎn​xī​zhē

    to cover up

    to hide the truth by various means; to constantly cover up from all sides

    东 (literal) → 东/東 · dōng · [haphazard] 掩 (literal) → 掩 · yǎn · to cover 西 (literal) → 西 · xī · here and there 遮 (literal) → 遮 · zhē · to cover

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense

  • created sense approved 东掩西遮/東掩西遮 · dōng​yǎn​xī​zhē · to make excuses — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    东掩西遮 / 東掩西遮

    dōng​yǎn​xī​zhē

    to make excuses

    to find various excuses to evade responsibility or put off a request

    东 (literal) → 东/東 · dōng · [haphazard] 掩 (literal) → 掩 · yǎn · to cover 西 (literal) → 西 · xī · here and there 遮 (literal) → 遮 · zhě · to cover up

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense