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讳疾忌医

huì jí jì yī

4-character word Traditional 諱疾忌醫

What 讳疾忌医 means

1. hiding a sickness for fear of treatment (idiom); fig. concealing a fault to avoid criticism
2. to keep one's shortcomings secret
3. 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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