文過飾非

See also: 文过饰非

Chinese

		to cover up one's faults	to hide and gloss over one's faults
trad. (文過飾非)		文過	飾非
simp. (文过饰非)		文过	饰非

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wénguòshìfēi, wènguòshìfēi

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄣˊ ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄕˋ ㄈㄟ, ㄨㄣˋ ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄕˋ ㄈㄟ
Cantonese (Jyutping): man⁶ gwo³ sik¹ fei¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
  - Pinyin: wénguòshìfēi
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄣˊ ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄕˋ ㄈㄟ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wenguohshyhfei
  - IPA ^(key): /u̯ən³⁵ ku̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ feɪ̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan, literary alternative in Mainland)⁺
  - Pinyin: wènguòshìfēi
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄣˋ ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄕˋ ㄈㄟ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wennguohshyhfei
  - IPA ^(key): /u̯ən⁵¹⁻⁵³ ku̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ feɪ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: man⁶ gwo³ sik¹ fei¹
  - Yale: mahn gwo sīk fēi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: man⁶ gwo³ sik⁷ fei¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: men⁶ guo³ xig¹ féi¹
  - IPA ^(key): /mɐn²² kʷɔː³³ sɪk̚⁵ fei̯⁵⁵/

Idiom

文過飾非

to cover up one's fault by clever use of words in writing

Synonyms

飾非文過／饰非文过 (shìfēiwénguò)

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