只手遮天
zhī​shǒu​zhē​tiān

to hide the truth

  • created sense approved 只手遮天/隻手遮天 · zhī​shǒu​zhē​tiān · to hide the truth — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    只手遮天 / 隻手遮天

    zhī​shǒu​zhē​tiān

    to hide the truth

    to hide the truth from the public; to hoodwink or deceive others by misusing one's power and authority

    zhī​shǒu​zhē​tiān

    只 (literal) → 只/隻 · zhī · single 手 (literal) → 手 · shǒu · hand 遮 (literal) → 遮 · zhē · to cover 天 (literal) → 天 · tiān · sky

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

    created sense