瞒
mán
to conceal from
to keep (sb) in the dark
eye (目) + phonetic cluster (艹+两) = concealing from someone's sight
目 anchors the meaning in sight and awareness; 艹 and 两 together form the phonetic cluster that gives the character its sound, not its sense. The idea is that something is placed before the eye yet kept hidden from it.
他把这件事瞒着父母。
tā bǎ zhè jiàn shì mán zhe fù mǔ。
He kept this matter hidden from his parents.
你为什么要瞒着我这么重要的事？
nǐ wèi shén me yào mán zhe wǒ zhè me zhòng yào de shì？
Why did you keep such an important thing from me?
Words with 瞒
鄋瞒
sōu mán
name of a state and its people in Shangdong in late Spring and Autumn period
隐瞒
yǐn mán
to conceal
隐瞒不报
yǐn mán bù bào
to cover up (a matter that should be reported to the authorities)
哄瞒
hǒng mán
to deceive
实不相瞒
shí bù xiāng mán
truth to tell
欺瞒
qī mán
to fool
瞒上欺下
mán shàng qī xià
to deceive one's superiors and bully one's subordinates (idiom)
瞒不过
mán bù guò
cannot conceal (a matter) from (sb)
瞒哄
mán hǒng
to deceive
瞒报
mán bào
to conceal or deceive in a report
瞒天大谎
mán tiān dà huǎng
enormous lie
瞒天过海
mán tiān guò hǎi
to cross the sea by a trick (idiom)