饰垢掩疵 — “To gloss over flaws and defects”
饰垢掩疵 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to gloss over flaws and defects”. To whitewash one's shortcomings. Literally, “Decorate dirt and cover up blemish”.
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饰垢掩疵 Pronunciation and Pinyin
饰垢掩疵 Character Breakdown
Stroke OrderExample Sentence with 饰垢掩疵
为了给客户留下好印象，他试图饰垢掩疵，只展示项目进展顺利的部分。
To leave a good impression on clients, he tried to gloss over flaws and only showcase the smoothly progressing parts of the project.
Idioms Related to 饰垢掩疵
More idioms starting with 饰
- 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yǎn掩guò过gloss over one's faults
- shì饰fēi非wén文guò过cover up faults and gloss over mistakes
- shì饰fēi非suí遂guò过gloss over faults and persist in mistakes
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What does 饰垢掩疵 mean?
饰垢掩疵 (shì gòu yǎn cī) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to gloss over flaws and defects”.
How do you pronounce 饰垢掩疵?
饰垢掩疵 is pronounced shì gòu yǎn cī in Mandarin Chinese.
What does 饰垢掩疵 literally mean?
Literally, 饰垢掩疵 means “Decorate dirt and cover up blemish”. It is used to mean “to gloss over flaws and defects”.
What is the Chinese definition of 饰垢掩疵?
粉饰掩盖污点和缺点。