欲盖弥彰 Save Sign in to save words Traditional (Taiwan): 欲蓋彌彰 yùgàimízhāng ㄩˋ ㄍㄞˋ ㄇㄧˊ ㄓㄤ trying to hide it makes it more conspicuous (idiom) A cover up only makes matters worse. Character by character 欲(yù)desire 盖(gài)lid 弥(mí)full 彰(zhāng)clear A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0