粵

粉fan2飾sik1

simp粉饰
fan2 sik1fěn shì

English

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

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 掩蓋一件事嘅醜惡部分,將佢美化

Examples

  • 粉飾太平

    to pretend nothing bad is happening

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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