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文過飾非

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

Idiom

文過飾非

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

Synonyms

飾非文過／饰非文过 (shìfēiwénguò)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): wénguòshìfēi, wènguòshìfēi

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄣˊ ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄕˋ ㄈㄟ, ㄨㄣˋ ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄕˋ ㄈㄟ
Cantonese (Jyutping): man⁶ gwo³ sik¹ fei¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Pinyin: wénguòshìfēi
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄣˊ ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄕˋ ㄈㄟ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wenguohshyhfei
  - IPA ^(key): /u̯ən³⁵ ku̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ feɪ̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Pinyin: wènguòshìfēi
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄣˋ ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄕˋ ㄈㄟ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wennguohshyhfei
  - IPA ^(key): /u̯ən⁵¹⁻⁵³ ku̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ feɪ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: man⁶ gwo³ sik¹ fei¹
  - Yale: mahn gwo sīk fēi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: man⁶ gwo³ sik⁷ fei¹
  - IPA ^(key): /mɐn²² kʷɔː³³ sɪk̚⁵ fei̯⁵⁵/