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掩盖

yǎn gài

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 掩蓋

掩盖 (yǎn gài) means "to conceal; to hide behind; to cover up". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 掩盖 means

1. to conceal
2. to hide behind
3. to cover up

The characters in 掩盖

• 掩yǎnto cover up; to conceal; to close (a door, book etc)…
• 盖gàilid; top; cover

Example sentences

• 她没有试图掩盖真相。
  She didn't try to hide the truth.
• 真理就是真理， 就算反其道而行故意掩盖它，这样的企图和白日做梦一样，不过是妄想而已。
  The truth is the truth, even if you defy it and intentionally cover it up, it is still no different from daydreaming.

Where 掩盖 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · yǎn (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read yǎn gài correctly.
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