防空洞 (fáng kōng dòng) — air-raid shelter; hideout (for criminals or wrongdoers); (figurative) cover or pretext for wrong thoughts or actions
Definition
Literally 'air-defense cave': an air-raid shelter, extended metaphorically to any place or excuse used to hide wrongdoing. The second sense ('hideout / cover') is figurative, not a literal shelter.
noun
air-raid shelterhideout (for criminals or wrongdoers)(figurative) cover or pretext for wrong thoughts or actions
Measure word · 个
Examples
- ，防空洞。Zhàn zhēng qī jiān, rén men dōu duǒ jìn fáng kōng dòng bì nàn.During the war, people took refuge in air-raid shelters.
- 防空洞。Nà ge fèi qì de gōng chǎng chéng le fàn zuì fèn zǐ de fáng kōng dòng.That abandoned factory became a hideout for criminals.
- “”防空洞，。Tā ná "wèi le gōng sī lì yì" dāng fáng kōng dòng, qí shí shì zài zhōng bǎo sī náng.He used 'for the company's benefit' as a cover, when in fact he was lining his own pockets.
Appears in
Browse more HSK 7-9 words or search the full 43,000-word dictionary.