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

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wénguòshìfēi
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄣˊ ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄕˋ ㄈㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wúnguòshìhfei
    • Wade–Giles: wên²-kuo⁴-shih⁴-fei¹
    • Yale: wén-gwò-shr̀-fēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wenguohshyhfei
    • Palladius: вэньгошифэй (vɛnʹgošifɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wən³⁵ ku̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ feɪ̯⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan, literary alternative in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wènguòshìfēi
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄣˋ ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄕˋ ㄈㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wùnguòshìhfei
    • Wade–Giles: wên⁴-kuo⁴-shih⁴-fei¹
    • Yale: wèn-gwò-shr̀-fēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wennguohshyhfei
    • Palladius: вэньгошифэй (vɛnʹgošifɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wən⁵¹⁻⁵³ ku̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ feɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: man⁶ gwo³ sik¹ fei¹
    • Yale: mahn gwo sīk fēi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: man⁶ gwo³ sik⁷ fei¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: men⁶ guo³ xig¹ féi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐn²² kʷɔː³³ sɪk̚⁵ fei̯⁵⁵/

Idiom

文過飾非

1. to cover up one's mistakes

Synonyms

• 飾非文過／饰非文过 (shìfēiwénguò)