文过饰非 — Chinese idiom
文过饰非
wén guò shì fēi
Traditional: 文過飾非
Meaning
- to cover up one's faults; to whitewash
Character by character
- 文wénculture, literature, writing
- 过guòpass; to go across, to pass through
- 饰shìto decorate, to adorn; ornament
- 非fēinot, negative, non-; to oppose
Idioms sharing a character
- 一文不值 yī wén bù zhí
- 一纸空文 yī zhǐ kōng wén
- 不值一文 bù zhí yī wén
- 博文约礼 bó wén yuē lǐ
- 咬文嚼字 yǎo wén jiáo zì
- 天文数字 tiān wén shù zì
- 奇文共赏 qí wén gòng shǎng
- 才兼文武 cái jiān wén wǔ
- 文不加点 wén bù jiā diǎn
- 文人相轻 wén rén xiāng qīng
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