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讳疾忌医
huì jí jì yī
What 讳疾忌医 means
- 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
The characters in 讳疾忌医
- 讳huìto avoid mentioning; taboo word; name of deceased emperor or superior
- 疾jí(bound form) disease; ailment; (bound form) swift; (literary) to hate; to abhor
- 忌jìto be jealous of; fear; dread
- 医yīmedical; medicine; doctor
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