欲盖弥彰 yùgàimízhāng trying to hide it makes it more conspicuous Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 欲盖弥彰 欲蓋彌彰 yùgàimízhāng trying to hide it makes it more conspicuous trying to cover up a mistake or truth only makes it more obvious; the more one hides, the more one is exposed Frequency Written text 0.508 per million Cross-References Variant of 欲盖弥章 yùgàimízhāngSynonym 此地无银三百两 cǐdìwúyínsānbǎiliǎng Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
欲盖弥彰 欲蓋彌彰 yùgàimízhāng trying to hide it makes it more conspicuous trying to cover up a mistake or truth only makes it more obvious; the more one hides, the more one is exposed Frequency Written text 0.508 per million Cross-References Variant of 欲盖弥章 yùgàimízhāngSynonym 此地无银三百两 cǐdìwúyínsānbǎiliǎng Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
