文过饰非

to cover up one's faults (idiom) / to whitewash

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

language / culture / writing / formal / literary / gentle / (old) classifier for coins / Kangxi radical 67

surname Guo

to cross / to go over / to pass (time) / to celebrate (a holiday) / to live / to get along / excessively / too-

(experienced action marker)

decoration / ornament / to decorate / to adorn / to hide / to conceal (a fault) / excuse (to hide a fault) / to play a role (in opera) / to impersonate

abbr. for 非洲[Fei1 zhou1], Africa

to not be; not / wrong; incorrect / non-; un-; in-; de- / to reproach; to blame / (coll.) to insist on; simply must