文过饰非

Traditional form:

文過飾非

Pinyin (reading):

wénguòshìfēi

Definitions:

• (idiom) to cover up one's faults; to whitewash

Characters:

• 文 - culture, literature, writing
• 过 - pass; to go across, to pass through
• 饰 - to decorate, to adorn; ornament
• 非 - not, negative, non-; to oppose

Traditional characters:

• 文 - culture, literature, writing
• 過 - pass; to go across, to pass through
• 飾 - to decorate, to adorn; ornament
• 非 - not, negative, non-; to oppose