文过饰非 meaning in English
smooth over a fault; conceal mistakes and complete the undoing; cover up one's errors [mistakes]; explain away one's shortcomings and mistakes; gild over one's vices; gloss over one's mistake [fault]; paper over one's errors; pretend to have done nothing wrong; slur over and excuse one's faults; varnish errors; whitewash faults 短语和例子
Examples
- This language serves to disguise and obscure .
这种话是用来文过饰非的。 - The opposition dismissed the report as a whitewash .
反对党认为这份报告文过饰非不予理会。 - He tried to bend the past out of its eternal shape .
对于那些早已铁定不移的往事，他也不想去文过饰非。 - Correct your mistake the moment you realize it and do n't try to gloss over your mistake .
要知过必改，不要文过饰非。