欲盖弥彰
yù​gài​mí​zhāng

trying to hide it makes it more conspicuous

  • created reference approved 欲盖弥彰/欲蓋彌彰 → 欲盖弥章/欲蓋彌章 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    欲盖弥彰 / 欲蓋彌彰 yù​gài​mí​zhāng

    欲盖弥章 / 欲蓋彌章 yù​gài​mí​zhāng

    variant

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 欲盖弥彰/欲蓋彌彰 · yù​gài​mí​zhāng · trying to hide it makes it more conspicuous — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    欲盖弥彰 / 欲蓋彌彰

    yù​gài​mí​zhāng

    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

    欲 (literal) → 欲 · yù · to want 盖 (literal) → 盖/蓋 · gài · to cover 弥 (literal) → 弥/彌 · mí · [more] 彰 (literal) → 彰 · zhāng · obvious

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense