挼 ruá (dialect) (of paper or cloth) wrinkled / crumpled / (dialect) (of clothes) worn out / (dialect) (of a fire's intensity, one's physical condition etc) weak / feeble / (dialect) (of skill) poor / inferior 隐藏 隱藏 yǐn cáng to hide / to conceal / to mask / to shelter / to harbor (i.e. keep sth hidden) / to hide oneself / to lie low / to nestle / hidden / implicit / private / covert / recessed (lighting) syn 一手遮天 yī shǒu zhē tiān lit. to hide the sky with one hand / to hide the truth from the masses syn 饰 飾 shì decoration / ornament / to decorate / to adorn / to hide / to conceal (a fault) / excuse (to hide a fault) / to play a role (in opera) / to impersonate syn 深藏若虚 深藏若虛 shēn cáng ruò xū to hide one's treasure away so that no-one knows about it (idiom) / fig. modest about one's talents / to hide one's light under a bushel syn 溜 liù swift current / rapids / (dialect) (of speech, actions etc) skilled / proficient / (of movements) quick / speedy / (bound form) rain runoff from a roof / (bound form) roof gutter / classifier for rows, lines etc / surroundings / neighborhood / (dialect) to practice / (dialect) to plaster / to fill in the cracks (with cement, lime plaster etc) syn 猫 貓 māo cat (CL:隻|只[zhi1]) / (dialect) to hide oneself / (loanword) (coll.) modem 咱们 咱們 zán men we or us (including both the speaker and the person(s) spoken to) / (dialect) I or me / (dialect) (in a coaxing or familiar way) you / also pr. [za2 men5] syn 风光 風光 fēng guāng scene / view / sight / landscape / to be well-regarded / to be well-off / grand (dialect) / impressive (dialect) syn 黄牛 黃牛 huáng niú ox / cattle / scalper of tickets etc / (dialect) to fail to show up / (dialect) to break a promise syn 大 dà big / large / great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[da4jie3]) / greatly / freely / fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother) syn 拿捏 ná niē (lit. and fig.) to grasp / to control / (dialect) affecting shyness / coy / (dialect) to deliberately create difficulties / to threaten 着 著 zhāo a move in chess (Taiwan pr. [zhuo2]) / trick / tactic / (dialect) okay / all right / (dialect) to put in / to add syn 种花 種花 zhòng huā to grow flowers / (dialect) to vaccinate / (dialect) to grow cotton syn 咧咧 liē liē (dialect) to cry / to whimper / (dialect) to talk drivel 兴 興 xīng to rise / to flourish / to become popular / to start / to encourage / to get up / (often used in the negative) to permit or allow (dialect) / maybe (dialect) syn 砻 礱 lóng (dialect) tool used to hull rice (similar to a grain mill) / (dialect) to hull rice using this tool syn 㞎 bǎ (dialect) poo / (dialect) to shit 启海话 啟海話 qǐ hǎi huà Qihai dialect, a Wu dialect spoken in Tongzhou, Haimen, and Qidong districts in southern Jiangsu province, and on Chongming Island in Shanghai 媳妇 媳婦 xí fu (dialect) wife / (dialect) young married woman syn 拧巴 擰巴 nǐng ba (dialect) awkward / uncomfortable / (dialect) obstinate / contrary / argumentative 磕碜 磕磣 kē chen (dialect) ugly / unsightly / shabby / (dialect) to humiliate / to ridicule 馃子 餜子 guǒ zi (dialect) pastry / (dialect) youtiao / deep-fried cruller 齁甜 hōu tián (dialect) (of food) excessively sweet / cloying / (dialect) (of words, affection etc) sickenly sweet / overly sentimental 巴适 巴適 bā shì (Sichuan dialect) comfortable / suitable / excellent / really good / (Sichuan dialect) to be close to (sb) / to curry favor with 隐瞒 隱瞞 yǐn mán to conceal / to hide (a taboo subject) / to cover up the truth syn 躲避 duǒ bì to hide / to evade / to dodge / to take shelter / to avoid (difficulties) syn 掩盖 掩蓋 yǎn gài to conceal / to hide behind / to cover up syn 隐蔽 隱蔽 yǐn bì to conceal / to hide / covert / under cover syn 潜伏 潛伏 qián fú to hide / to cover up / to conceal syn 藏身 cáng shēn to hide / to go into hiding / to take refuge syn 暗藏 àn cáng to hide / to conceal syn 卧底 臥底 wò dǐ to hide (as an undercover agent) / an insider (in a gang of thieves) / a mole 埋藏 mái cáng to bury / to hide by burying / hidden syn 遮盖 遮蓋 zhē gài to hide / to cover (one's tracks) syn 隐匿 隱匿 yǐn nì to cover up / to hide / to conceal syn 遮蔽 zhē bì to cover / to hide from view / to obstruct or block / defilade (military) syn 捉迷藏 zhuō mí cáng to play hide-and-seek syn 隐去 隱去 yǐn qù to disappear / to hide 流窜 流竄 liú cuàn to roam all over the place / to go into every nook and corner / to infiltrate / (of criminals, enemies etc) to be on the run / to flee and try to hide syn 兽皮 獸皮 shòu pí animal skin / hide 遁形 dùn xíng to vanish / to hide / to cover one's traces 阿胶 阿膠 ē jiāo donkey-hide gelatin (used in TCM) / Taiwan pr. [a1 jiao1] syn 明哲保身 míng zhé bǎo shēn a wise man looks after his own hide (idiom) / to put one's own safety before matters of principle syn 隐伏 隱伏 yǐn fú to hide / to lie low syn 拾金不昧 shí jīn bù mèi to pick up money and not hide it (idiom) / to return property to its owner 此地无银三百两 此地無銀三百兩 cǐ dì wú yín sān bǎi liǎng lit. 300 silver taels not hidden here (idiom) / fig. to reveal what one intends to hide syn 昼伏夜出 晝伏夜出 zhòu fú yè chū nocturnal / to hide by day and come out at night 生皮 shēng pí pelt / raw hide 藏头露尾 藏頭露尾 cáng tóu lù wěi to hide the head and show the tail (idiom) / to give a partial account / half-truths syn 黑 hēi black / dark / sinister / secret / shady / illegal / to hide (sth) away / to vilify / (loanword) to hack (computing) syn 革 gé animal hide / leather / to reform / to remove / to expel (from office) syn 马革裹尸 馬革裹屍 mǎ gé guǒ shī to be buried in a horse hide (idiom) / to give one's life on the battlefield syn 坚壁 堅壁 jiān bì to cache / to hide supplies (from the enemy) syn 背 bèi the back of a body or object / to turn one's back / to hide something from / to learn by heart / to recite from memory / unlucky (slang) / hard of hearing syn 藏 cáng to conceal / to hide away / to harbor / to store / to collect syn 避 bì to avoid / to shun / to flee / to escape / to keep away from / to leave / to hide from syn 潜 潛 qián hidden / secret / latent / to hide / to conceal / to submerge / to dive syn 伏 fú to lean over / to fall (go down) / to hide (in ambush) / to conceal oneself / to lie low / hottest days of summer / to submit / to concede defeat / to overcome / to subdue / volt syn 躲 duǒ to hide / to dodge / to avoid syn 遮 zhē to cover up (a shortcoming) / to screen off / to hide / to conceal syn 庇 bì to protect / cover / shelter / hide or harbor syn 匿 nì to hide syn 褪 tùn to slip out of sth / to hide sth in one's sleeve syn 韬 韜 tāo bow case or scabbard / to hide / military strategy syn 掖 yē to tuck (into a pocket) / to hide / to conceal syn 閟 bì hidden / hide 窾 cuàn to conceal / to hide 薆 ài to cover / to hide / to conceal 韬光养晦 韜光養晦 tāo guāng yǎng huì to conceal one's strengths and bide one's time (idiom) / to hide one's light under a bushel 欲盖弥彰 欲蓋彌彰 yù gài mí zhāng trying to hide it makes it more conspicuous (idiom) / A cover up only makes matters worse. 藏污纳垢 藏污納垢 cáng wū nà gòu to hide dirt, to conceal corruption (idiom) / to shelter evil people and accept wrongdoing / aiding and abetting wicked deeds 食肉寝皮 食肉寢皮 shí ròu qǐn pí to eat sb's flesh and sleep on their hide (idiom) / to swear revenge on sb / implacable hatred / to have sb's guts for garters 剖腹藏珠 pōu fù cáng zhū lit. cutting one's stomach to hide a pearl (idiom) / fig. wasting a lot of effort on trivialities syn 匽 yǎn to hide, to secrete, to repress / to bend 不显山不露水 不顯山不露水 bù xiǎn shān bù lù shuǐ lit. to not show the mountain and to not reveal the water (idiom) / fig. to hide the key facts 匿影藏形 nì yǐng cáng xíng to hide from public view / to conceal one's identity / to lay low syn 形丑心善 形醜心善 xíng chǒu xīn shàn an ugly face may hide a virtuous heart (idiom) 怀宝遁世 懷寶遁世 huái bǎo dùn shì to hide one's light under a bushel (idiom) 月光隐遁 月光隱遁 yuè guāng yǐn dùn to live in hiding / living as a recluse / to hide from the world 消隐 消隱 xiāo yǐn to hide / to retreat into privacy 溶没 溶沒 róng mò to fade away / to disappear / to hide from view 潜影 潛影 qián yǐng to hide / latent image (in photography) 无处容身 無處容身 wú chù róng shēn nowhere to hide 玩失踪 玩失蹤 wán shī zōng to hide oneself (as a joke) 玩弄词藻 玩弄詞藻 wán nòng cí zǎo to juggle with words (dishonestly) / to be a hypocrite and hide behind florid rhetoric 藏垢纳污 藏垢納污 cáng gòu nà wū to hide dirt, to conceal corruption (idiom) / to shelter evil people and accept wrongdoing / aiding and abetting wicked deeds 藏猫儿 藏貓兒 cáng māo r hide and seek syn 藏猫猫 藏貓貓 cáng māo māo hide and seek / peek-a-boo 藏踪 藏蹤 cáng zōng to hide 藏躲 cáng duǒ to hide / to conceal 蛰藏 蟄藏 zhé cáng to hibernate / to hide away 躲猫猫 躲貓貓 duǒ māo māo hide-and-seek (game) / peekaboo (game) 隐身 隱身 yǐn shēn to hide oneself / invisible (person or online status) syn 隐避 隱避 yǐn bì to hide / to conceal and avoid (contact) / to keep sth concealed 项庄舞剑，意在沛公 項莊舞劍，意在沛公 xiàng zhuāng wǔ jiàn , yì zài pèi gōng lit. Xiang Zhuang performs the sword dance, but his mind is set on Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liu2 Bang1] (idiom) / refers to 206 BC plot to murder Liu Bang, aka Duke of Pei 沛公[Pei4 gong1] and the future Han emperor, during a sword dance at the Hongmen feast 鴻門宴|鸿门宴[Hong2 men2 yan4] / an elaborate deception to hide malicious intent 以地震为掩护 以地震為掩護 hide-in-an-earthquake technique / earthquake masking 躲不起 duǒ bu qǐ can't avoid / can't hide from / unavoidable 厞 fèi to hide / hideout 