The Chinese word **蒙蔽** (méngbì) is a compound verb formed through the combination of two semantically similar characters: **蒙** (méng), which originally means "to cover" or "to deceive," and **蔽** (bì), which means "to obscure," "to shield," or "to block." Together, they create a paralleled or complementary structure where both elements reinforce the concept of covering up the truth. The term metaphorically extends the literal idea of physical covering or blinding to describe the act of deliberately deceiving or misleading someone, thereby obscuring their understanding or judgment, as in "to hoodwink" or "to hide the facts from."