掩卷

yǎn juàn

Dictionary entry

(literary) to close the book (after a reading session)

What does 掩卷 mean?

掩卷 (yǎn juàn) has the following dictionary meaning.

1(literary) to close the book (after a reading session)

Character breakdown

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掩yǎnto cover up; to conceal · to close (a door, book etc)卷juǎnto roll up · (fig.) to sweep up; to engulf; to drag into (a situation)

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掩卷

yǎn juàn

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