讳疾忌医 — Chinese idiom
讳疾忌医
huì jí jì yī
Traditional: 諱疾忌醫
Meaning
- hiding a sickness for fear of treatment ; fig. concealing a fault to avoid criticism
- to keep one's shortcomings secret
- to refuse to listen to advice
Character by character
- 讳huìtaboo; to shun, to conceal, to avoid mentioning
- 疾jísickness, illness, disease; to envy, to hate
- 忌jìjealous, envious; to fear; to shun
- 医yīto cure, to heal, to treat; doctor; medicine
Idioms sharing a character
- 直言不讳 zhí yán bù huì
- 讳莫如深 huì mò rú shēn
- 不疾不徐 bù jí bù xú
- 大声疾呼 dà shēng jí hū
- 无疾而终 wú jí ér zhōng
- 疾风劲草 jí fēng jìng cǎo
- 痛心疾首 tòng xīn jí shǒu
- 眼疾手快 yǎn jí shǒu kuài
- 积劳成疾 jī láo chéng jí
- 外宽内忌 wài kuān nèi jì
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