掩埋
yǎn mái
Pinyin
Definition
掩埋
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- to bury
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 to bury
- 1 to ambush
- 2 to lie in wait for
- 3 to lie low
- 4 ambush
- 1 to pay the bill (in a restaurant etc) (loanword from Cantonese)
- 2 (fig.) to bear responsibility
- 1 to complain
- 2 to grumble (about)
- 3 to reproach
- 4 to blame
- 1 to engulf
- 2 to bury
- 3 to overlook
- 4 to stifle
- 5 to neglect
- 6 to fall into oblivion
Idioms (9)
兵来将挡,水来土掩
- 1 counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action
- 2 to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation
埋头苦干
- 1 to bury oneself in work (idiom); to be engrossed in work
- 2 to make an all-out effort
- 3 up to the neck in work
掩人耳目
- 1 to fool people (idiom)
- 2 to pull the wool over people's eyes
掩耳盗铃
- 1 lit. to cover one's ears whilst stealing a bell
- 2 to deceive oneself
- 3 to bury one's head in the sand (idiom)
掩面而泣
- 1 to bury one's head in one's hands and weep (idiom)
Sample Sentences
发会雪白土会掩埋
Their hair turns grey; the earth will engulf them