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to conceal embarrassment
to save face
But that FIG leaf has since blown away.
Can we say that Yao Ming is the FIG leaf created by the Chinese Men's Basketball Team?

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Open the tool →遮羞 (zhē xiū) means “to cover up one's shame, to conceal embarrassment, to save face”.
遮羞 is pronounced zhē xiū in Mandarin Chinese.
“to cover up one's shame” is 遮羞 (zhē xiū) in Chinese.
This page has 2 example sentences using 遮羞, each with pinyin and an English translation.