东掩西遮 in English dong1 yan3 xi1 zhe1 Meaning

Meanings

  • to cover up the truth on all sides (idiomatic expression)

Simplified Characters

东 掩 西 遮

Traditional Characters

東 掩 西 遮

Pinyin

dong1 yan3 xi1 zhe1

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

东dong1surname Dong 掩yan3to cover up 西xi1the West 遮zhe1to cover up (a shortcoming)