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盖 蓋
Cover
- 遮盖 (zhē gài) Shield
- 掩盖 (yǎn gài) Cover up / Conceal
- 膝盖 (xī gài) Knee
- 盖头 (gài tóu) Wedding veil Literal. Cover head – refers to the bright red veil in traditional Chinese wedding
- 盖浇饭 (gài jiāo fàn) Literal. Covered and poured rice or 盖饭, in short, refers to the most common Asian style of cooking where the main food (often meat or vegetables in gravy) is served over cooked rice
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真不是盖的! (zhēn bù shì gài de) For real! Literal. Really not (just a) cover, certain – widely used colloquial expression when establishing someone's reputation that might have seemed unconvincing at first or to compliment highly of someone.
Compound characters with 皿 Dish Radical are usually related to a receptacle (physically or metaphorically)
- 盒 (hé) Box
- 盘 (pán) Plate
- 盆 (pén) Pot / Basin / Tub
- 盔 (kuī) Helmut
- 监 (jiān) Supervise
- 益 (yì) Benefits
- 盗 (dào) To rob；
- 盛 (shèng) Flourish / Prosper