隻手遮天

隻手遮天

Chinese

		single hand; single arm; single-handedly single hand; single arm; single-handedly; unassistedly	cover up (a shortcoming); screen off; to hide cover up (a shortcoming); screen off; to hide; to conceal	day; sky; heaven
trad. (隻手遮天)		隻手	遮	天
simp. (只手遮天)		只手	遮	天
Literally: “to block out the sky with one hand (and pretend that it is not there)”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhīshǒuzhētiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄓ ㄕㄡˇ ㄓㄜ ㄊㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zek³ sau² ze¹ tin¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: zhīshǒuzhētiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄓ ㄕㄡˇ ㄓㄜ ㄊㄧㄢ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyshooujetian
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhihshǒujhetian
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʈ͡ʂɤ⁵⁵ tʰjɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zek³ sau² ze¹ tin¹
    • Yale: jek sáu jē tīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzek⁸ sau² dze¹ tin¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zég³ seo² zé¹ tin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɛːk̚³ sɐu̯³⁵ t͡sɛː⁵⁵ tʰiːn⁵⁵/

Idiom

隻手遮天

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

Synonyms

• 一手遮天 (yīshǒuzhētiān)