"隻手遮天" meaning in Chinese

See 隻手遮天 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Phrase

IPA: /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂɤ⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /t͡sɛːk̚³ sɐu̯³⁵ t͡sɛː⁵⁵ tʰiːn⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂɤ⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/, /t͡sɛːk̚³ sɐu̯³⁵ t͡sɛː⁵⁵ tʰiːn⁵⁵/ Chinese transliterations: zhīshǒuzhētiān [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄓ ㄕㄡˇ ㄓㄜ ㄊㄧㄢ [Mandarin, bopomofo], zek³ sau² ze¹ tin¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], zhīshǒuzhētiān [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], jhihshǒujhetian [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], chih¹-shou³-chê¹-tʻien¹ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], jr̄-shǒu-jē-tyān [Mandarin, Yale], jyshooujetian [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], чжишоучжэтянь [Mandarin, Palladius], čžišoučžɛtjanʹ [Mandarin, Palladius], jek sáu jē tīn [Cantonese, Yale], dzek⁸ sau² dze¹ tin¹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], zég³ seo² zé¹ tin¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization] Forms: 只手遮天
Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 隻手遮天
  1. to hide the truth (from the public or masses) Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: 一手遮天 (yīshǒuzhētiān)
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "只手遮天",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "隻手遮天",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "to block out the sky with one hand (and pretend that it is not there)",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Cantonese chengyu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese chengyu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mandarin chengyu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to hide the truth (from the public or masses)"
      ],
      "id": "en-隻手遮天-zh-phrase-l~3cDWCg",
      "links": [
        [
          "hide",
          "hide"
        ],
        [
          "truth",
          "truth"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "roman": "yīshǒuzhētiān",
          "word": "一手遮天"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zhīshǒuzhētiān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄓ ㄕㄡˇ ㄓㄜ ㄊㄧㄢ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zek³ sau² ze¹ tin¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zhīshǒuzhētiān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jhihshǒujhetian"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chih¹-shou³-chê¹-tʻien¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jr̄-shǒu-jē-tyān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jyshooujetian"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "чжишоучжэтянь"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "čžišoučžɛtjanʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂɤ⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jek sáu jē tīn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dzek⁸ sau² dze¹ tin¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zég³ seo² zé¹ tin¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sɛːk̚³ sɐu̯³⁵ t͡sɛː⁵⁵ tʰiːn⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂɤ⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sɛːk̚³ sɐu̯³⁵ t͡sɛː⁵⁵ tʰiːn⁵⁵/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "隻手遮天"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "只手遮天",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "隻手遮天",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "to block out the sky with one hand (and pretend that it is not there)",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese chengyu",
        "Cantonese idioms",
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Chinese chengyu",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese idioms",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 天",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 手",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 遮",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 隻",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Mandarin chengyu",
        "Mandarin idioms",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to hide the truth (from the public or masses)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hide",
          "hide"
        ],
        [
          "truth",
          "truth"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zhīshǒuzhētiān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄓ ㄕㄡˇ ㄓㄜ ㄊㄧㄢ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zek³ sau² ze¹ tin¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zhīshǒuzhētiān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jhihshǒujhetian"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chih¹-shou³-chê¹-tʻien¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jr̄-shǒu-jē-tyān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jyshooujetian"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "чжишоучжэтянь"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "čžišoučžɛtjanʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂɤ⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jek sáu jē tīn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "dzek⁸ sau² dze¹ tin¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "zég³ seo² zé¹ tin¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sɛːk̚³ sɐu̯³⁵ t͡sɛː⁵⁵ tʰiːn⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂɤ⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sɛːk̚³ sɐu̯³⁵ t͡sɛː⁵⁵ tʰiːn⁵⁵/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "yīshǒuzhētiān",
      "word": "一手遮天"
    }
  ],
  "word": "隻手遮天"
}

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