捉迷藏 zhuō mí cáng to play hide-and-seek syn 躲猫猫 躲貓貓 duǒ māo māo hide-and-seek (game) / peekaboo (game) 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 求证 求證 qiú zhèng to seek proof / to seek confirmation syn 投奔 tóu bèn to seek shelter / to seek asylum syn 求偶 qiú ǒu to seek a marriage partner / (of an animal) to seek a mate / to court syn 求同 qiú tóng to seek consensus / to seek conformity 觅取 覓取 mì qǔ to seek / to seek out 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 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 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 弃暗投明 棄暗投明 qì àn tóu míng to renounce the dark and seek the light / to give up one's wrong way of life and turn to a better one syn 做眼 zuò yǎn (in the game of Go) to make an "eye" / to serve as eyes and ears (i.e. go and seek out information) / to be a scout 求同存异 求同存異 qiú tóng - cún yì (idiom) to put aside differences and work together / to seek common ground and cooperate syn 拾金不昧 shí jīn bù mèi to pick up money and not hide it (idiom) / to return property to its owner 昼伏夜出 晝伏夜出 zhòu fú yè chū nocturnal / to hide by day and come out at night 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 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 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 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 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 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 实事求是 實事求是 shí shì qiú shì lit. to seek truth from facts (idiom) / fig. to be practical and realistic syn 探察 tàn chá to investigate / to observe / to scout / to seek out and examine / to explore syn 攀附 pān fù to climb (of climbing plants) / to creep / to cling on to / fig. to seek connection (with the rich and powerful) / social climbing syn 违利赴名 違利赴名 wéi lì fù míng to renounce profit and seek fame (idiom) / to abandon greed for reputation / to choose fame over fortune 临渴掘井 臨渴掘井 lín kě jué jǐng lit. not to dig a well until one is thirsty / to be unprepared and seek help at the last minute (idiom) syn 趋吉避凶 趨吉避凶 qū jí bì xiōng to seek luck and avoid calamity (idiom) 求仁得仁 qiú rén dé rén lit. to seek virtue and acquire it (idiom) / fig. to have one's wish fulfilled 薅羊毛 hāo yáng máo to seek out discount vouchers, cashback offers etc and use them in making purchases 幽明 yōu míng the hidden and the visible / that which can be seen and that which cannot / darkness and light / night and day / wisdom and ignorance / evil and good / the living and the dead / men and ghosts 幽明 yōu - míng the hidden and the visible / that which can be seen and that which cannot / darkness and light / night and day / wisdom and ignorance / evil and good / the living and the dead / men and ghosts 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 隐去 隱去 yǐn qù to disappear / to hide 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 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 生皮 shēng pí pelt / raw hide 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 猫 貓 māo cat (CL:隻|只[zhi1]) / (dialect) to hide oneself / (loanword) (coll.) modem 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 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. 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 囥 kàng (dialect) to hide / to conceal 匽 yǎn to hide, to secrete, to repress / to bend 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) 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 隐身 隱身 yǐn shēn to hide oneself / invisible (person or online status) syn 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 壅蔽 yōng bì (literary) to cover / to conceal / to hide from view 咨询 咨詢 zī xún to inquire / to consult / to seek advice from syn 