粉飾太平

Chinese

		to paint over with whitewash so as to brighten up a wall or fence; to cover over errors or bad actions; to whitewash	peaceful and tranquil; peace and tranquility
trad. (粉飾太平)		粉飾	太平
simp. (粉饰太平)		粉饰	太平

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fěnshìtàipíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄣˇ ㄕˋ ㄊㄞˋ ㄆㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fan² sik¹ taai³ ping⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fěnshìtàipíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄣˇ ㄕˋ ㄊㄞˋ ㄆㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fěnshìhtàipíng
    • Wade–Giles: fên³-shih⁴-tʻai⁴-pʻing²
    • Yale: fěn-shr̀-tài-píng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: feenshyhtaypyng
    • Palladius: фэньшитайпин (fɛnʹšitajpin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fən²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ tʰaɪ̯⁵¹ pʰiŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fan² sik¹ taai³ ping⁴
    • Yale: fán sīk taai pìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fan² sik⁷ taai³ ping⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: fen² xig¹ tai³ ping⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐn³⁵ sɪk̚⁵ tʰaːi̯³³ pʰɪŋ²¹/

Idiom

粉飾太平

1. to present a false picture of peace and cover up the ongoing turmoil in society