in order to gloss it over(dǎ mǎ hu yǎn)

in order to gloss it over

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is d ǎ m ǎ huy ǎ n, which means deliberately pretending to be confused and deceiving. From Huashi Chunqiu.

The origin of Idioms

Laoshe's Huashi Chunqiu: "he's just making a fool of us. He's pretending to be a good man and wants to get through this pass!"

Analysis of Idioms

Yang Fengyin Bu

Idiom usage

The verb object type is used as predicate, which refers to deliberately pretending to be confused and deceiving people.

Idiom story

It's said that in ancient times, there was a confused painter who had just painted a tiger's head. At this time, a friend came to see him draw a horse. The painter waved his pen and drew a horse's body under the tiger's head. A friend asked him if you painted a horse or a tiger? The painter said, "ah, it's almost the same. It's just so so." After his friend left, the painter hung the picture on the wall. His eldest son asked him, "what's on the picture?" The painter said, "it's a horse." When his second son came and asked him, he said, "it's a tiger." Therefore, the painter's two sons could not distinguish the horse from the tiger. One day, the painter's eldest son met a tiger, thought it was a horse, wanted to ride it, but was eaten by the tiger. When the second son saw a horse, he thought it was a tiger. He was so frightened that he shot the horse to death with a bow and arrow. As a result, people gave the painter a nickname "Mr. careless".

Chinese PinYin : dǎ mǎ hu yǎn