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  • 1

    n.loincloth; fig leaf

    • tā shuō dà duō shù xī fāng rén xiāng xìn wèi le líng xìng tā men yīng gāi zhǐ chuān yī jiàn zhē xiū bù shēng huó

      大多数西方人相信为了灵性他们应该穿遮羞布生活

      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

    • yòng hǎo kàn de cí jù zuò zhē xiū bù

      好看词句遮羞布

      use fine words to cover one's shame

    • guó jiā guī dìng jīng cháng chéng wéi fǔ bài de zhē xiū bù

      国家规定经常成为腐败遮羞布

      State regulation often served as a thin disguise for corruption.

    • zhè xiàng xié yì bù guò shì kuài zhē xiū bù yòng lái yǎn gài duì zì rán jǐng guān de chí xù pò huài

      协议不过遮羞布用来掩盖自然景观持续破坏

      This deal is little more than a fig leaf for the continued destruction of the landscape.

Word usage

  • "遮羞布" is often matched with measure word "块".
    • 遮羞布

      one fig leaf