昧

mèi

to conceal

dark

sun (日) + phonetic (未) = darkness, concealment

When the sun is obscured, things are dark and hidden. 未 lends the sound mèi; 日 carries the idea of light that is lost or suppressed.

日+未→昧
日The sunSemantic
未Not yetPhonetic

他昧着良心说了假话。

tā mèi zhe liáng xīn shuō le jiǎ huà。

He concealed his conscience and told a lie.

这件事他一直昧而不报,让大家很失望。

zhè jiàn shì tā yī zhí mèi ér bù bào,ràng dà jiā hěn shī wàng。

He kept concealing this matter and never reported it, which disappointed everyone.

Words with 昧

愚昧

yú mèi

ignorant; uneducated

暧昧关系

ài mèi guān xì

shady relationship

三昧

sān mèi

Samadhi (Buddhist term)

不揣冒昧

bù chuǎi mào mèi

to venture to

冒昧

mào mèi

bold

恕我冒昧

shù wǒ mào mèi

if I may be so bold

愚昧无知

yú mèi wú zhī

stupid and ignorant (idiom)

拾金不昧

shí jīn bù mèi

to pick up money and not hide it (idiom); to return property to its owner

昧心

mèi xīn

against one's conscience

昧旦

mèi dàn

the time just before daybreak

昧死

mèi sǐ

to risk one's life

昧没

mèi mò

veiled

More characters with 日

旮旯冒冕塌易