护短
护短
hù duǎn
to shield (one's shortcoming); to cover up (errors)
verb
Traditional: 護短
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Definitions
- (verb) to shield (one's shortcoming)
- to cover up (errors)
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Related Words
包庇(bāo bì)· to shield
→掩护(yǎn hù)· to screen
→以子之矛，攻子之盾(yǐ zǐ zhī máo , gōng zǐ zhī dùn)· lit. use sb's spear to attack his shield (idiom, derived from Han Feizi 韓非子|韩非子); turning a weapon against its owner
→同翅目(tóng chì mù)· Homoptera (insect suborder including cicadas, aphids, plant-hoppers, shield bugs etc)
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