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Chinese dictionary
- 1
n.loincloth; fig leaf
他说大多数西方人相信为了灵性他们应该只穿一件遮羞布生活。
He said that most Westeners believe they have to live in a loincloth to be spiritual.
- 2
n.metadisguise; veil; cover-up; something used to cover up one's shame
用好看的词句作遮羞布
use fine words to cover one's shame
国家规定经常成为腐败的遮羞布。
State regulation often served as a thin disguise for corruption.
这项协议不过是块遮羞布,用来掩盖对自然景观的持续破坏。
This deal is little more than a fig leaf for the continued destruction of the landscape.
Word usage
- common measure word"遮羞布" is often matched with measure word "块".
一块遮羞布
one fig leaf