狡飾
jiǎo​shì

quibble

  • created sense approved 狡饰/狡飾 · jiǎo​shì · quibble — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    狡饰 / 狡飾

    jiǎo​shì

    quibble

    to offer a crafty explanation or to cover up one's faults through deceitful excuses

    狡 (literal) → 狡 · jiǎo · crafty 饰 (literal) → 饰/飾 · shì · to cover up

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

    created sense