one flaw cannot obscure the splendor of the jade

one flaw cannot obscure the splendor of the jade

It is a Chinese idiom pronounced Xi á B ù y ǎ NY ú. It means that the defects on the jade can't cover up the brilliance of the beautiful jade. It can't cover up the advantages, but the advantages outweigh the disadvantages. It comes from the book of rites.

Idiom explanation

Flaw: the spots on the jade, a metaphor for shortcomings; cover: cover; Yu: the luster of the jade, a metaphor for advantages. It can't cover up the advantages, disadvantages are secondary, advantages are primary. Or, it can express a thing is not perfect, but because of imperfections and flaws and good.

The origin of Idioms

In the book of rites of the Western Han Dynasty, Dai Sheng said, "flaws do not cover up Yu, Yu does not cover up flaws, loyalty also."

In the book of Jin, Zhou Yi's biography, it is said that "the theory of time, especially the virtue of drinking, is not enough to conceal its beauty."

Song Shaobo's "record after hearing and seeing" Volume 4: "it's a pity that Zhongyan will not live forever! If you don't abandon it, you can't hide your flaws. Though not as saints, they are saints Wang Kaiyun's Xiang Qi Lou Lun Tang Poetry: "the northern expedition is still rough, such as" dirty feet don't hurt "and" several days of lying and vomiting "are also one of the diseases in the poem, but the flaws can't hide Yu's ears."

Idiom usage

As predicate, object, attribute; refer to the main point of view

Examples

1. Liu Zhiwen is good at remembering and cherishes it. He dares to keep abreast of the Big Dipper. (an overview of Chinese literature by Tao Zengyou in the Qing Dynasty) 2. It is said that most of the audience gave a good evaluation of this TV play, which means that even if there are some shortcomings, the advantages are still greater than the disadvantages, and the disadvantages are not so obvious, which means that the shortcomings do not hide the advantages. But the TV play ZOUXIKOU is different. People living in Northern Shaanxi and Northern Shanxi, especially those who have lived in Datong and Shuozhou of Shanxi for generations, are very clear about how many omissions there are in this TV play. The play tries to cover the whole country from point to area or from one domain. This is obviously a wrong way, which leads to the original good TV play becoming a good one Strictly speaking, a pile of rotten cotton that can't be made into Satin should be perfect. The TV play ZOUXIKOU doesn't fully respect history, the ancestors who once "ZOUXIKOU", and the truth of that era. (Yin Qian, the truth of the failure of the TV series Zou Xikou)