遮遮掩掩

zhēzheyǎnyǎn

idiom #17,108

Meanings

1 to be secretive; to try to cover up
2 furtive; evasive

Characters

to cover; to block

to cover; to block

to conceal; to hide

to conceal; to hide

Examples

你别遮遮掩掩的，到底怎么回事？

Nǐ bié zhēzheyǎnyǎn de, dàodǐ zěnme huí shì?

Stop being so secretive — what's really going on?

他说话总是遮遮掩掩，让人很不舒服。

Tā shuōhuà zǒngshì zhēzheyǎnyǎn, ràng rén hěn bù shūfu.

He always speaks evasively, which makes people uncomfortable.

Tips

grammar

This is an AABB reduplication pattern (遮掩 → 遮遮掩掩), which intensifies the meaning and adds a sense of continuous or habitual behavior.

Stroke Order

遮 zhē

掩 yǎn