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越描越黑

yuè miáo yuè hēi

4-character word

What 越描越黑 means

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

The characters in 越描越黑

• 越yuèto exceed; to climb over; to surpass
• 描miáoto depict; to trace (a drawing); to copy
• 越yuèto exceed; to climb over; to surpass
• 黑hēiblack; dark; sinister

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