掩护 掩護 yǎn hù to screen / to shield / to cover / protection / cover / CL:面[mian4] syn 画面 畫面 huà miàn scene / tableau / picture / image / screen (displayed by a computer) / (motion picture) frame / field of view syn 屏幕 píng mù screen (TV, computer or movie) 上演 shàng yǎn to screen (a movie) / to stage (a play) / a screening / a staging syn 上映 shàng yìng to screen / to show (a movie) syn 丝绸 絲綢 sī chóu silk cloth / silk syn 放映 fàng yìng to show (a movie) / to screen syn 屏蔽 píng bì to screen / to block (sth or sb) / to shield / (protective) shield syn 银幕 銀幕 yín mù movie screen 荧幕 熒幕 yíng mù TV screen 荧屏 熒屏 yíng píng fluorescent screen / TV screen 未雨绸缪 未雨綢繆 wèi yǔ chóu móu lit. before it rains, bind around with silk (idiom, from Book of Songs 詩經|诗经) / fig. to plan ahead / to prepare for a rainy day syn 丝巾 絲巾 sī jīn headscarf / kerchief / silk neckband 显示屏 顯示屏 xiǎn shì píng display screen 丝线 絲線 sī xiàn silk thread (for sewing) / silk yarn (for weaving) syn 掩蔽 yǎn bì shelter / screen / cover / protection syn 屏风 屏風 píng fēng (furniture) screen syn 真丝 真絲 zhēn sī silk / pure silk 绸缎 綢緞 chóu duàn satin / silk fabric syn 抽丝 抽絲 chōu sī to spin silk syn 对比度 對比度 duì bǐ dù contrast (balance of black and white in TV screen setup) / degree of contrast 阳关 陽關 yáng guān Yangguan or Southern Pass on the south Silk Road in Gansu, 70 km south of Dunhuang 敦煌 视窗 視窗 shì chuāng a window (on a computer screen) 审定 審定 shěn dìng to examine sth and make a decision / to screen / to evaluate / to approve syn 精练 精練 jīng liàn (textiles) to scour / to degum (silk) / variant of 精煉|精炼[jing1 lian4] syn 花红 花紅 huā hóng flowers on red silk (a traditional gift to celebrate weddings etc) / a bonus / crab apple (Malus asiatica) syn 甄别 甄別 zhēn bié to screen / to discriminate / to reexamine a case / screening (of applicants etc) syn 织锦 織錦 zhī jǐn brocade / silk fabric with colored pattern 蚕丝 蠶絲 cán sī natural silk (secreted by silkworm) syn 银屏 銀屏 yín píng television / TV screen / the silver screen 荧光屏 熒光屏 yíng guāng píng fluorescent screen / TV screen 绸子 綢子 chóu zi silk fabric / silk / CL:匹[pi3] syn 丝绸之路 絲綢之路 sī chóu zhī lù the Silk Road 纱窗 紗窗 shā chuāng screen window 绮罗 綺羅 qǐ luó beautiful silk fabrics / person in beautiful silk dress 萤幕 螢幕 yíng mù screen (of a TV, computer etc) (Tw) 丝路 絲路 sī lù the Silk Road / abbr. for 絲綢之路|丝绸之路[Si1 chou2 zhi1 Lu4] 液晶屏 yè jīng píng liquid crystal screen 天龙八部 天龍八部 tiān lóng bā bù Demigods and Semidevils, wuxia novel by Jin Yong 金庸[Jin1 Yong1] and its TV and screen adaptations 挡风玻璃 擋風玻璃 dǎng fēng bō li windshield / wind screen 视屏 視屏 shì píng screen (of a TV, computer etc) 试镜 試鏡 shì jìng to take a screen test / to audition / screen test / audition / tryout 筛查 篩查 shāi chá to screen (for disease etc) 照壁 zhào bì a screen wall across the gate of a house (for privacy) syn 帘幕 lián mù hanging screen / curtain over shop door (for privacy and serving as advertisement) syn 八音 bā yīn ancient classification system for musical instruments, based on the material of which the instrument is made (metal 金, stone 石, clay 土, leather 革, silk 絲|丝, wood 木, gourd 匏, bamboo 竹) / the eight kinds of sound produced by instruments in these categories / music 河西走廊 hé xī zǒu láng Hexi Corridor (or Gansu Corridor), a string of oases running the length of Gansu, forming part of the Northern Silk Road 影剧 影劇 yǐng jù film and theater / screen and stage 浣纱 浣紗 huàn shā to wash silk 过筛 過篩 guò shāi to put through a sieve / to sift (flour etc) / to strain (a liquid) / (fig.) to screen / to filter / to select 纺丝 紡絲 fǎng sī to spin synthetic fiber / to spin silk / spinning / filature 吐丝 吐絲 tǔ sī (of spiders, caterpillars, silkworms etc) to extrude silk 化干戈为玉帛 化幹戈為玉帛 huà gān gē wéi yù bó lit. to exchange weapons of war for gifts of jade and silk (idiom) / fig. to turn hostility into friendship syn 丝织品 絲織品 sī zhī pǐn item made from woven silk or rayon syn 影壁 yǐng bì spirit wall (screen wall used to shield an entrance in traditional Chinese architecture) syn 布帛 bù bó cloth and silk / cotton and silk textiles syn 围网 圍網 wéi wǎng seine net / wire mesh fence / fence screen 生丝 生絲 shēng sī raw silk syn 萧墙 蕭牆 xiāo qiáng (literary) screen wall shielding an entrance in traditional Chinese architecture syn 吐 tǔ to spit / to send out (silk from a silkworm, bolls from cotton flowers etc) / to say / to pour out (one's grievances) syn 丝 絲 sī silk / thread-like thing / (cuisine) shreds or julienne strips / classifier: a trace (of smoke etc), a tiny bit etc syn 练 練 liàn to practice / to train / to drill / to perfect (one's skill) / exercise / (literary) white silk / to boil and scour raw silk syn 幕 幙 mù old variant of 幕[mu4] / curtain / screen syn 素 sù raw silk / white / plain, unadorned / vegetarian (food) / essence / nature / element / constituent / usually / always / ever syn 伞 傘 sǎn damask silk / variant of 傘|伞[san3] syn 遮 zhē to cover up (a shortcoming) / to screen off / to hide / to conceal syn 㝉 宁 zhù to store / to stand / space between the door and the entrance screen 币 幣 bì money / coins / currency / silk syn 缇 緹 tí orange-red silk / orange-red colored 屏 píng (standing) screen syn 藩 fān fence / hedge / (literary) screen / barrier / vassal state / Taiwan pr. [fan2] syn 绢 絹 juàn thin, tough silk fabric 帘 簾 lián hanging screen or curtain syn 绫 綾 líng damask / thin silk 蔽 bì to cover / to shield / to screen / to conceal syn 纺 紡 fǎng to spin (cotton or hemp etc) / fine woven silk fabric syn 绸 綢 chóu (light) silk / CL:匹[pi3] syn 绮 綺 qǐ beautiful / open-work silk syn 阑 闌 lán railing / balustrade / door-screen / exhausted / late syn 帷 wéi curtain / screen syn 纂 zuǎn (literary) to compile / to edit / (coll.) (hairstyle) bun / chignon (as 纂兒|纂儿[zuan3r5]) / red silk ribbon / variant of 纘|缵[zuan3] syn 纨 紈 wán white / white silk syn 笔套 筆套 bǐ tào the cap of a pen, pencil or writing brush / the sheath of a pen (made of cloth, silk or thread) syn 翳 yì feather screen / to screen / to shade / cataract syn 绵里藏针 綿裡藏針 mián lǐ cáng zhēn lit. a needle concealed in silk floss (idiom) / fig. ruthless character behind a gentle appearance / a wolf in sheep's clothing / an iron fist in a velvet glove syn 绎 繹 yì continuous / to interpret / to unravel / to draw silk (old) 帛 bó silk syn 绯 緋 fēi dark red / purple silk syn 缥 縹 piǎo (literary) light blue / (literary) light blue silk fabric 缯 繒 zēng silk fabrics syn 缟素 縞素 gǎo sù white silk mourning dress syn 弹幕 彈幕 dàn mù barrage (military) / "bullet screen", function which allows viewers to post on-screen comments in videos, movies etc in real time / danmaku (video game subgenre) 缂丝 緙絲 kè sī kesi or k’o-ssu, Chinese silk tapestry woven in a pictorial design 竹帛 zhú bó bamboo and silk writing materials (before paper) syn 纶 綸 lún to classify / to twist silk / silk thread syn 缫 繅 sāo to reel silk from cocoons 绌 絀 chù crimson silk / deficiency / to stitch syn 缙 縉 jìn red silk syn 缦 縵 màn plain thin silk / slow / unadorned 