飾非文過

飾非文過

See also: 饰非文过

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shìfēiwénguò, shìfēiwènguò

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄈㄟ ㄨㄣˊ ㄍㄨㄛˋ, ㄕˋ ㄈㄟ ㄨㄣˋ ㄍㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sik¹ fei¹ man⁶ gwo³

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

Idiom

飾非文過

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

Synonyms

• 文過飾非／文过饰非 (wénguòshìfēi)