hiding a sickness for fear of treatment (idiom); fig. concealing a fault to avoid criticism; to keep one's shortcomings secret; to refuse to listen to advice
trad. 諱疾忌醫
Also written 諱疾忌醫【huì jí jì yī】
Characters in this word
4讳
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to avoid mentioning, taboo word, name of deceased emperor or superior
- Pinyin
- huì
- Traditional
- 諱
- Strokes
- 6
疾
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(bound form) disease; ailment, (bound form) swift, (literary) to hate; to abhor
- Pinyin
- jí
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 36318 of 2500
忌
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to be jealous of, fear, dread, scruple, to avoid or abstain from, to quit, to give up sth
- Pinyin
- jì
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 19851 of 2500
医
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medical, medicine, doctor, to cure, to treat
- Pinyin
- yī
- Traditional
- 醫
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 35751 of 2500