| 掩样法 | [ yǎn yàng fǎ ] illusion |
| 掩杀 | [ yǎn shā ] to make a surprise attack, to pounce on (an enemy) |
| 掩耳盗铃 | [ yǎn ěr daò líng ] lit. to cover one's ears whilst stealing a bell, to deceive oneself, to bury one's head in the sand (idiom) |
| 掩盖 | [ yǎn gaì ] to conceal, to hide behind, to cover up |
| 掩护 | [ yǎn hù ] to screen, to shield, to cover, protection, cover, CL:面[mian4] |
| 掩饰 | [ yǎn shì ] to cover up, to conceal, to mask, to gloss over |
| 掩体 | [ yǎn tǐ ] bunker (military) |
| ⇒ 不加掩饰 | [ bù jiā yǎn shì ] undisguised |
| ⇒ 兵来将挡，水来土掩 | [ bīng laí jiàng dǎng shuǐ laí tǔ yǎn ] counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action, to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation |
| ⇒ 后掩蔽 | [ hoù yǎn bì ] backward masking |
| ⇒ 东掩西遮 | [ dōng yǎn xī zhē ] to cover up the truth on all sides (idiom) |
