欲盖弥彰
yùgài-mízhāngTraditional 欲蓋彌彰
to make things worse by covering up
Every meaning
yùgài-mízhāng
- to make things worse by covering up
Its characters
- 欲yùdesire; longing (as in 欲望)
- 盖gàilid; cover
- 弥mífull; overflowing (as in 弥漫)
- 彰zhāngclear; evident (as in 彰显)
Words with 欲
Words with 盖
Meanings from our own dictionary. Chengyu from the Xinhua idiom list, the most common first.