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遮羞布
  • [zhēxiūbù]
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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

遮羞布 [zhēxiūbù]
  1. 1. noun A piece of cloth that is worn around one's loins; used as a metaphor to refer to things, words and actions that serve to cover something ugly or evil.
    老王说出真相, 揭开了小李最后的遮羞布
    Old Wang revealed the truth, and took off Xiaoli's last fig leaf.

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

遮羞布 [zhēxiūbù]
  1. 1. 系在腰部遮挡下身的布;比喻用来掩盖丑恶的言语或行为。

Examples

老王说出真相, 揭开了小李最后的遮羞布
Old Wang revealed the truth, and took off Xiaoli's last fig leaf. 遮羞布

Word Decomposition


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