障眼

to hinder the eyesight / (fig.) to trick into not noticing / to blindfold

Characters and words in 障眼

zhàng = zh + ang4

to block / to hinder / to obstruct

障 = 章 + 阝 : The pope (阝) wants to hinder (障) the people to live their lives, but James II of England (zh) builds a barrier (障) made of section signs (章) in the anglepod's bathroom (ang4) and hinders (障) the pope to exit the room, thereby saving the people.

yǎn = y + an3

eye / small hole / crux (of a matter) / CL:隻|只[zhi1],雙|双[shuang1] / classifier for big hollow things (wells, stoves, pots etc)

眼 = 目 + 艮 : Inside of the anthill, Maud Younger played a prank on the Eye of Providence. She told it that she would apply a mask to alleviate the wrinkles around its eyes, but instead she just covered its whole eye with chewing gum.

Words with 障眼

diversionary tactic / smokescreen

Sentences with 障眼

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