遮盖

zhē gài

HSK 7–9

Meaning

to hide
to cover (one's tracks)

Definition

用东西盖住，使不显露；掩饰。

to cover, to conceal, to hide.

Usage

常用于物理上的覆盖，也可用于抽象意义上的掩饰。

Commonly used for physical covering, also for abstract concealment.

Examples

1 用布遮盖桌子。 (Cover the table with a cloth.)
2 积雪遮盖了道路。 (Snow covered the road.)
3 他试图遮盖自己的错误。 (He tried to cover up his mistakes.)
4 白雾遮盖了远山。 (White fog covered the distant mountains.)
5 谎言无法遮盖真相。 (Lies cannot cover the truth.)

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