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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

掩人耳目

yǎn rén ěr mù

1 to fool people (idiom)
2 to pull the wool over people's eyes

掩耳盗铃

yǎn ěr dào líng

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

yǎn miàn ér qì

1 to bury one's head in one's hands and weep (idiom)

东掩西遮

dōng yǎn xī zhē

1 to cover up the truth on all sides (idiom)

Sample Sentences

秦宇今天制作这杯咖啡的时候，脸上的开心完全无法掩饰。

Qínyǔ jīntiān zhìzuò zhè bēi kāfēi de shíhou ，liǎn shàng de kāixīn wánquán wúfǎ yǎnshì 。

Qinyu can't hide the happiness on his face when he made this cup of coffee today.

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可是这要求合理啊，不就是因为政府假造财政数字，掩饰负债，才造成现在的情况吗？负债的人要还债，本来就应该撙节开支。

kěshì zhè yāoqiú hélǐ ā ，bù jiùshì yīnwèi zhèngfǔ jiǎzào cáizhèng shùzì ，yǎnshì fùzhài ，cái zàochéng xiàn zài de qíngkuàng ma ？fùzhài de rén yào huán zhài ，běnlái jiù yīnggāi zǔnjié kāizhī 。

But these requests are reasonable. Isn't it just because the government were faking their numbers and hiding their debts, that this state of affairs came about in the first place? People should honor their debts, so of course they need to be more austere with their expenditure.

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如果不加大企业间的竞争，单纯依赖政府扶持，国有企业只能继续没有效率地运行下去，这样可能会进一步加重政府的负担，是没有任何好处的。就算表面上掩饰了失业率，可是经济并没有发展，人民生活水平也没能真正得到提高。

rúguǒ bù jiādà qǐyè jiān de jìngzhēng ，dānchún yīlài zhèngfǔ fúchí ，guóyǒu qǐyè zhǐnéng jìxù méiyǒu xiàolǜ de yùnxíng xiàqu ，zhèyàng kěnéng huì jìn yī bù jiāzhòng zhèngfǔ de fùdān ，shì méiyǒu rènhé hǎochu de 。jiùsuàn biǎomiàn shàng yǎnshì le shīyèlǜ ，kěshì jīngjì bìng méiyǒu fāzhǎn ，rénmín shēnghuó shuǐpíng yě méinéng zhēnzhèng dédào tígāo 。

If they don't add competition between big enterprises, and rely purely on government support, state-owned enterprises can only continue to operate inefficiently. Doing it this way will make the government's burden even heavier. It has no plus side at all. Even if on the surface you've concealed the unemployment rate, the economy still hasn't developed. People's standard of living hasn't really risen at all.

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