粉飾

粉饰
fěnshì
  1. to paint
  2. to whitewash
  3. to decorate
  4. plaster
  5. fig. to gloss over
  6. to cover up

CEDICT

  1. (figurative) to cover over errors or bad actions; to whitewash
  2. to cover over errors or bad actions; to whitewash
  3. to paint over with whitewash so as to brighten up a wall or fence

Wiktionary

  1. 敷粉妝飾。指作表面的裝飾打扮。
  2. 僅具外觀，不求實際。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 粉 fěn
  1. powder
  2. cosmetic face powder
  3. food prepared from starch; noodles or pasta made from any kind of flour
  4. to turn to powder
  5. (dialect) to whitewash
  6. white
  7. pink
  8. (suffix) fan (abbr. for 粉絲 fěnsī)
  9. to be a fan of
2 飾 shì
  1. decoration
  2. ornament
  3. to decorate
  4. to adorn
  5. to hide
  6. to conceal (a fault)
  7. excuse (to hide a fault)
  8. to play a role (in opera)
  9. to impersonate

Containing this entry

粉飾太平 fěnshìtàipíng to pretend that everything is going well

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塗抹 túmǒ
  1. to paint
  2. to smear
  3. to apply (makeup etc)
  4. to doodle
  5. to erase
  6. to obliterate
我把起酥油塗抹在鹿肉上。

I daub the venison with shortening.

Source: Tatoeba

粉刷 fěnshuā
  1. to paint
  2. to whitewash
  3. emulsion
  4. plaster
我要粉刷我的房子。

I'm going to get my house a fresh coat of paint.

Source: Tatoeba

設色 shèsè
  1. to paint
  2. to color
油漆 yóuqī
  1. oil paints
  2. lacquer
  3. to paint

classifier: 層

注意！油漆未乾

Caution! Wet Paint

Source: Tatoeba

漆 qī
  1. paint
  2. lacquer
  3. to paint (furniture, walls etc)

classifier: 道

他把門漆成了白色。

He painted the door over white.

Source: Tatoeba

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