smooth over a fault
As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is h ù Gu ò sh ì f ē I, which means to cover up mistakes and mistakes in decoration. It comes from the biography of he Lu in the draft of Qing history.
The origin of Idioms
According to the biography of Heshu in the draft of Qing history, "Heshu's rate is not true, he denounces and protects his faults, and he is dismissed from his post."
Idiom usage
To act as a predicate, object, or attribute
smooth over a fault
appreciation goes without saying - tāo zài zhī jǐ
each trying to cheat or outwit the other - ěr yú wǒ zhà
sit facing each other in silence - xiāng duì wú yán
a blind person gropes for fish -- to act blindly - xiā zi mō yú