trying to hide it makes it more conspicuous (idiom); A cover up only makes matters worse.
trad. 欲蓋彌彰
Also written 欲蓋彌彰【yù gài mí zhāng】
Characters in this word
4欲
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desire, appetite, passion, lust, greed
- Pinyin
- yù
- Traditional
- 慾
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 10619 of 2500
盖
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surname Ge
- Pinyin
- Gě
- Traditional
- 蓋
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 2903 of 2500
弥
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full, to fill, completely, more
- Pinyin
- mí
- Traditional
- 彌
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 26230 of 2500
彰
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clear, conspicuous, manifest
- Pinyin
- zhāng
- Strokes
- 14