越描越黑

Chinese

		to exceed; to climb over; to surpass to exceed; to climb over; to surpass; the more ... the more	depict; to trace (a drawing); to copy depict; to trace (a drawing); to copy; to touch up	to exceed; to climb over; to surpass to exceed; to climb over; to surpass; the more ... the more	black; dark; Heilongjiang Province (abbrev.)
trad. (越描越黑)		越	描	越	黑
simp. #(越描越黑)		越	描	越	黑
Literally: “the more you draw, the blacker the picture becomes”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yuèmiáoyuèhēi

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄝˋ ㄇㄧㄠˊ ㄩㄝˋ ㄏㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyut⁶ miu⁴ jyut⁶ hak¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yuèmiáoyuèhēi
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄝˋ ㄇㄧㄠˊ ㄩㄝˋ ㄏㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yuèmiáoyuèhei
    • Wade–Giles: yüeh⁴-miao²-yüeh⁴-hei¹
    • Yale: ywè-myáu-ywè-hēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuehmiauyuehhei
    • Palladius: юэмяоюэхэй (juemjaojuexɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛ⁵¹ mi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵ ɥɛ⁵¹ xeɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyut⁶ miu⁴ jyut⁶ hak¹
    • Yale: yuht mìuh yuht hāk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyt⁹ miu⁴ jyt⁹ hak⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: yud⁶ miu⁴ yud⁶ heg¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːt̚² miːu̯²¹ jyːt̚² hɐk̚⁵/

Phrase

越描越黑

1. Overexplaining makes things worse; the more you explain, the guiltier you look.