遮前掩后 — “To speak evasively or ambiguously, avoiding a direct answer”
遮前掩后 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to speak evasively or ambiguously, avoiding a direct answer”. To beat around the bush. Literally, “cover the front, hide the back”.
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遮前掩后 Pronunciation and Pinyin
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面对大家的疑问，他总是遮前掩后，不肯给出明确的答复。
Facing everyone's questions, he always beats around the bush, refusing to give a clear answer.
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- zhē遮sān三mán瞒sì四to cover up in various ways
- zhē遮rén人yǎn眼mù目deceive or mislead people
- zhē遮rén人ěr耳mù目pull the wool over someone's eyes
- zhē遮dì地màn漫tiān天vast in scale, covering ground and sky
- zhē遮dì地gài盖tiān天vast in scale or number
- zhē遮tiān天yā压dì地overwhelmingly numerous or immense
- zhē遮tiān天yìng映rì日immense in size, quantity, or grandeur
- zhē遮tiān天gài盖dì地cover the sky and earth
- zhē遮tiān天gài盖rì日immense in size or scale
- zhē遮tiān天bì蔽rì日overshadowing sky and obscuring sun
- zhē遮tiān天mí迷dì地vast, overwhelming scale
- zhē遮yǎn掩ěr耳mù目deceive people
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What does 遮前掩后 mean?
遮前掩后 (zhē qián yǎn hòu) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to speak evasively or ambiguously, avoiding a direct answer”.
How do you pronounce 遮前掩后?
遮前掩后 is pronounced zhē qián yǎn hòu in Mandarin Chinese.
What does 遮前掩后 literally mean?
Literally, 遮前掩后 means “cover the front, hide the back”. It is used to mean “to speak evasively or ambiguously, avoiding a direct answer”.
What is the Chinese definition of 遮前掩后?
指说话藏头露尾，欲言又止。