smooth over a fault
As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is h ù Gu ò sh ì f ē I, which means to cover up mistakes and mistakes in decoration. It comes from the biography of he Lu in the draft of Qing history.
The origin of Idioms
According to the biography of Heshu in the draft of Qing history, "Heshu's rate is not true, he denounces and protects his faults, and he is dismissed from his post."
Idiom usage
To act as a predicate, object, or attribute
Chinese PinYin : hù guò shì fēi
smooth over a fault
the unpredictable , ever-changing nature of things. yún jué bō guǐ
examine a man 's language and observe his countenance. chá yán guān sè