一手遮天

一手遮天

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	hand; convenient; ‑er	cover up (a shortcoming); screen off; to hide cover up (a shortcoming); screen off; to hide; to conceal	day; sky; heaven
simp. and trad. (一手遮天)		一	手	遮	天

Etymology

Literally: to block out the sky with one hand (and pretend that it is not there)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīshǒu zhē tiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄕㄡˇ ㄓㄜ ㄊㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ sau² ze¹ tin¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yīshǒu zhē tiān [Phonetic: yìshǒu zhē tiān]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄕㄡˇ ㄓㄜ ㄊㄧㄢ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ishoou je tian
    • IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʈ͡ʂɤ⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat¹ sau² ze¹ tin¹
    • Yale: yāt sáu jē tīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ sau² dze¹ tin¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ seo² zé¹ tin¹
    • IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ sɐu̯³⁵ t͡sɛː⁵⁵ tʰiːn⁵⁵/

Idiom

一手遮天

1. to hide the truth (from the public or masses)