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东掩西遮

dōng yǎn xī zhē

4-character word Traditional 東掩西遮

What 东掩西遮 means

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

The characters in 东掩西遮

• 东dōngeast; host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest); landlord
• 掩yǎnto cover up; to conceal; to close (a door, book etc)…
• 西xīwest
• 遮zhēto cover up (a shortcoming); to screen off; to hide