Act up to the wrong

Act up to the wrong

As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is sh ì f ē ISU í Gu ò, which generally means to cover up a mistake but to make a bigger mistake. It comes from the spring and Autumn Annals of the Lu family.

Idioms and allusions

Source: Lu's spring and Autumn Annals: the debate about the son's eating me is enough to disguise his mistakes

Discrimination of words

Usage: used as predicate, object and attribute; used in handling affairs, etc