[yǎn gài]
cover; conceal; blanket; embosk; paper over
conceal contradictions
掩蓋矛盾
Sugar coating hides the taste of pills.
糖衣掩蓋了藥片的藥味。
Lies cannot cover up [conceal] the facts.
謊言掩蓋不了事實。
It's silly to paper over the problem; it will only crop up again one day.
把這個問題掩蓋起來的作法是愚蠢的， 總有一天還會暴露的。