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遮阴

zhē yīn

2-character word Traditional 遮陰

What 遮阴 means

1. to provide shade

The characters in 遮阴

• 遮zhēto cover up (a shortcoming); to screen off; to hide
• 阴yīnovercast (weather); cloudy; shady

Example sentences

• 即使是弯树也能遮阴。
  Even crooked tree gives shade.

Sounds the same

Read zhē yīn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 遮荫to provide shade; Taiwan pr. zhē yìn

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