越 描 越 黑

yuè miáo yuè hēidictionary entry

lit. the more you touch things up, the darker they get / fig. to only make matters worse

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Original source entry:

越描越黑 越描越黑 [yue4 miao2 yue4 hei1] /lit. the more you touch things up, the darker they get/fig. to only make matters worse/

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