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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

Idiom

飾非文過

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

Synonyms

文過飾非／文过饰非 (wénguòshìfēi)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): shìfēiwénguò, shìfēiwènguò

(Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄈㄟㄨㄣˊ ㄍㄨㄛˋ, ㄕˋ ㄈㄟㄨㄣˋ ㄍㄨㄛˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sik¹ fei¹ man⁶ gwo³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Pinyin: shìfēiwénguò
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄈㄟㄨㄣˊ ㄍㄨㄛˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhfeiwenguoh
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ feɪ̯⁵⁵ u̯ən³⁵ ku̯ɔ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Pinyin: shìfēiwènguò
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄈㄟㄨㄣˋ 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
  - IPA ^(key): /sɪk̚⁵ fei̯⁵⁵ mɐn²² kʷɔː³³/