越描越黑
越描越黑
yuè miáo yuè hēi
lit. the more you touch things up, the darker they get; fig. to only make matters worse
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- lit. the more you touch things up, the darker they get
- fig. to only make matters worse
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Related Words
男女授受不亲(nán nǚ shòu shòu bù qīn)· men and women should not touch hands when they give or receive things (citation, from Mencius)
→话里套话(huà lǐ tào huà)· to use seemingly innocent conversation topics as a pretext to glean information
→事到如今(shì dào rú jīn)· as matters stand
→两回事(liǎng huí shì)· two quite different things
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