| 掩 | [ yǎn ] to cover up, to close, to surprise |
| 掩人耳目 | [ yǎn rén ěr mù ] to fool people (idiom), to pull the wool over people's eyes |
| 掩埋 | [ yǎn maí ] to bury |
| 掩映 | [ yǎn yìng ] hidden from view, alternately hidden and visible, setting off each other |
| 掩樣法 | [ yǎn yàng fǎ ] illusion |
| 掩殺 | [ yǎn shā ] to make a surprise attack, to pounce on (an enemy) |
| 掩耳 | [ yǎn ěr ] to refuse to listen |
| 掩耳盜鈴 | [ 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) |
| 掩蓋 | [ yǎn gaì ] to conceal, to hide behind, to cover up |
| 掩蔽 | [ yǎn bì ] shelter, screen, cover, protection |
| 掩藏 | [ yǎn cáng ] hidden, covered, concealed |
| 掩護 | [ yǎn hù ] to screen, to shield, to cover, protection, cover, CL:面[mian4] |
| 掩面而泣 | [ yǎn miàn ér qì ] to bury one's head in one's hands and weep (idiom) |
| 掩飾 | [ yǎn shì ] to cover up, to conceal, to mask, to gloss over |
| 掩體 | [ yǎn tǐ ] bunker (military) |
| ⇒ 不加掩飾 | [ bù jiā yǎn shì ] undisguised |
| ⇒ 兵來將擋，水來土掩 | [ 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 |
| ⇒ 後掩蔽 | [ hoù yǎn bì ] backward masking |
| ⇒ 東掩西遮 | [ dōng yǎn xī zhē ] to cover up the truth on all sides (idiom) |
| ⇒ 瑕不掩瑜 | [ xiá bù yǎn yú ] lit. a blemish does not obscure jade's luster, the pros outweigh the cons (idiom) |
| ⇒ 遮掩 | [ zhē yǎn ] to cover, to mask, to cover up or conceal (the truth etc) |
| ⇒ 遮遮掩掩 | [ zhē zhē yǎn yǎn ] to be secretive; to try to cover up (idiom) |
| ⇒ 遮遮掩掩 | [ zhē zhē yǎn yǎn ] to be secretive; to try to cover up (idiom) |
