smooth over a fault
Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y ǎ NGU ò sh ì f ē I, meaning to cover up mistakes. From preface to thirty essays.
The origin of Idioms
Li Guangtian's preface to thirty essays: "they want to possess everything. They don't use their hands to create, but to cover up their mistakes."
Idiom usage
Used as a predicate, attribute, or object.
Chinese PinYin : yǎn guò shì fēi
smooth over a fault
a school of silver carps moving down a stream. guò jiāng zhī jì
sell at a good profit -- to wait for an opportunity and sell at a high price. shàn jià ér gū
I'd like to take credit for it. yāo gōng xī chǒng
leave only after each has enjoyed himself to the utmost. jìn huān ér sàn