烟幕 (yān mù) — smoke screen (literal, used militarily to conceal movement); smoke screen (figurative, actions or words intended to hide the truth)

Definition

Examples

• 军事演习中，他们使用烟幕来掩护部队。
  Jūn shì yǎn xí zhōng, tā men shǐ yòng yān mù lái yǎn hù bù duì.
  During the military exercise, they used a smoke screen to cover the troops.
• 他说的那些话只是烟幕，目的是转移大家的注意力。
  Tā shuō de nà xiē huà zhǐ shì yān mù, mù dì shì zhuǎn yí dà jiā de zhù yì lì.
  Those words he said were just a smoke screen, aimed at diverting everyone's attention.
• 这家公司发布假新闻作为烟幕，掩盖财务问题。
  Zhè jiā gōng sī fā bù jiǎ xīn wén zuò wéi yān mù, yǎn gài cái wù wèn tí.
  This company released fake news as a smoke screen to cover up financial problems.