gài

cover, hide, protect

DEFINITIONS

蓋 gài
  • lid
  • top
  • cover
  • canopy
  • to cover
  • to conceal
  • to build
蓋 gě
  • surname Ge

WORDS

三八大 sān bā dà gài (coll.) Arisaka Type 38 rifle (Japanese army rifle used 1905-1945)
qīng gài to meet in passing; to get on well at first meeting
bīng gài ice sheet
劈頭臉 pī tóu gài liǎn lit. splitting the head and covering the face (idiom); fig. pelting (with rain etc); showering down
jiā gài to seal (with official stamp); to stamp; fig. to ratify; to put lid on (cooking pot); to cap; to build an extension or additional storey
周瑜打黃 zhōu yú dǎ huáng gài fig. with the connivance of both sides; fig. by mutual consent; cf Wu patriot Huang Gai submits to mock beating at the hands of General Zhou Yu to deceive Cao Cao 曹操 before the 208 battle of Redcliff 赤壁之戰|赤壁之战[Chi4 bi4 zhi1 zhan4]
tú gài to coat; to mask; to plaster over
帽 dà gài mào peaked cap; service cap; visor cap
bǎo gài name of "roof" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 40); see also 宀[mian2]
草 bǎo gài cǎo henbit deadnettle (Lamium amplexicaule)
fēng gài cap; seal; cover; to cover; blocked shot (basketball)
部 dǎo gài bù pars perculairs
平寶 píng bǎo gài name of "cover" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 14); see also 冖[mi4]
引擎 yǐn qíng gài (car) hood; bonnet
hòu gài back cover; shell (of crab etc)
才華世 cái huá gài shì peerless talent (idiom); incomparable artistic merit
爾 lā gài ěr Laguerre (name); Edmond Laguerre (1834-1886), French mathematician
指甲 zhǐ jia gài fingernail
捲鋪 juǎn pū gài to pack and quit; to be sacked
捲鋪走人 juǎn pū gài zǒu rén to pack one's things and leave
掖掖 yē yē gài gài stealthily; clandestinely
yǎn gài to conceal; to hide behind; to cover up
dā gài to build (esp. with simple materials); to knock together (a temporary shed); to rig up
東茅草 dōng máo cǎo gài thatched roof
彌彰 yù gài mí zhāng trying to hide it makes it more conspicuous (idiom); A cover up only makes matters worse.
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