饰非掩过 — “To gloss over one's faults”
饰非掩过 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to gloss over one's faults”. To cover up mistakes; to whitewash one's wrongdoing. Literally, “Adorn faults, conceal errors”.
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饰非掩过 Pronunciation and Pinyin
饰非掩过 Character Breakdown
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他犯了错误却试图饰非掩过，结果反而让事情变得更糟。
He tried to gloss over his mistakes and cover up his faults, which only made things worse.
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Synonyms of 饰非掩过
More idioms starting with 饰
- shì饰gòu垢yǎn掩cī疵gloss over flaws and defects
- shì饰guài怪zhuāng装qí奇feign eccentricity
- shì饰qíng情jiǎo矫xíng行conceal feelings, feign actions
- shì饰zhì智jīn矜yú愚feign wisdom and boast to the ignorant
- shì饰cí词jiáo矫qing情embellish words to feign emotion
- shì饰fēi非yǎng养guò过conceal faults and allow errors to multiply
- shì饰fēi非jù拒jiàn谏Cover up mistakes and reject advice
- shì饰fēi非yǎn掩chǒu丑cover up faults and hide scandals
- shì饰fēi非suí遂guò过gloss over faults and persist in mistakes
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Open the tool →Questions about 饰非掩过
What does 饰非掩过 mean?
饰非掩过 (shì fēi yǎn guò) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to gloss over one's faults”.
How do you pronounce 饰非掩过?
饰非掩过 is pronounced shì fēi yǎn guò in Mandarin Chinese.
What does 饰非掩过 literally mean?
Literally, 饰非掩过 means “Adorn faults, conceal errors”. It is used to mean “to gloss over one's faults”.
What is the Chinese definition of 饰非掩过?
粉饰掩盖过失、错误。同“饰非文过”。