欲蓋彌彰 欲盖弥彰
[yù gài mí zhāng]
trying to hide it makes it more conspicuous (idiom); A cover up only makes matters worse.
欲盖弥彰
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简体中文>英语, CC-CEDICT
欲盖弥彰
yùgài-mízhāng
〈成〉 the more one tries to hide, the more is exposed; try to cover up a misdeed, only to make it more conspicuous
yùgài-mízhāng
〈成〉 the more one tries to hide, the more is exposed; try to cover up a misdeed, only to make it more conspicuous
- 简体中文>英语, 汉英词典
欲盖弥彰
yù gài mí zhāng
想要掩盖事实的真相,结果反而更加显露出来(指坏事)。 {try to cover up a misdeed, only to make it more conspicuous; protest too much. The harder one tries to conceal sth. bad, the more attention one attracts.}
yù gài mí zhāng
想要掩盖事实的真相,结果反而更加显露出来(指坏事)。 {try to cover up a misdeed, only to make it more conspicuous; protest too much. The harder one tries to conceal sth. bad, the more attention one attracts.}
简体中文>英语, 现代汉语词典
欲盖弥彰
yùgài-mízhāng
<熟> the harder one tries to cover up/conceal a wrongdoing, the more conspicuous it becomes; the more one tries to cover up a misdeed, the more naked it becomes; the more one tries to cover up, the better-known it will become
- 你要是想用遮羞布掩盖你的罪行，那只能是欲盖弥彰。 If you try to cover up your misdeed with a fig leaf, you will only make it more conspicuous.
yùgài-mízhāng
<熟> the harder one tries to cover up/conceal a wrongdoing, the more conspicuous it becomes; the more one tries to cover up a misdeed, the more naked it becomes; the more one tries to cover up, the better-known it will become
- 你要是想用遮羞布掩盖你的罪行，那只能是欲盖弥彰。 If you try to cover up your misdeed with a fig leaf, you will only make it more conspicuous.
- 简体中文>英语, 汉英大词典
