掩埋
yǎn mái
Pinyin

Definition

掩埋
 - 
yǎn mái
  1. to bury

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

mái
  1. 1 to bury
mái fú
  1. 1 to ambush
  2. 2 to lie in wait for
  3. 3 to lie low
  4. 4 ambush
mái dān
  1. 1 to pay the bill (in a restaurant etc) (loanword from Cantonese)
  2. 2 (fig.) to bear responsibility
mán yuàn
  1. 1 to complain
  2. 2 to grumble (about)
  3. 3 to reproach
  4. 4 to blame
mái mò
  1. 1 to engulf
  2. 2 to bury
  3. 3 to overlook
  4. 4 to stifle
  5. 5 to neglect
  6. 6 to fall into oblivion

Idioms (9)

兵来将挡,水来土掩
bīng lái jiàng dǎng , shuǐ lái tǔ yǎn
  1. 1 counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action
  2. 2 to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation
埋头苦干
mái tóu kǔ gàn
  1. 1 to bury oneself in work (idiom); to be engrossed in work
  2. 2 to make an all-out effort
  3. 3 up to the neck in work
掩人耳目
yǎn rén ěr mù
  1. 1 to fool people (idiom)
  2. 2 to pull the wool over people's eyes
掩耳盗铃
yǎn ěr dào líng
  1. 1 lit. to cover one's ears whilst stealing a bell
  2. 2 to deceive oneself
  3. 3 to bury one's head in the sand (idiom)
掩面而泣
yǎn miàn ér qì
  1. 1 to bury one's head in one's hands and weep (idiom)

Sample Sentences

发会雪白土会掩埋
fà huì xuěbái tǔ huì yǎnmái
Their hair turns grey; the earth will engulf them