讳莫如深 — Chinese idiom
讳莫如深
huì mò rú shēn
Traditional: 諱莫如深
Meaning
- to steadfastly refuse to discuss the matter; to treat it as an untouchable subject
Character by character
- 讳huìtaboo; to shun, to conceal, to avoid mentioning
- 莫mòcannot; do not; is not; negative
- 如rúas, as if, like, such as, supposing
- 深shēndeep, profound; depth
Idioms sharing a character
- 直言不讳 zhí yán bù huì
- 讳疾忌医 huì jí jì yī
- 功莫大焉 gōng mò dà yān
- 噬脐莫及 shì qí mò jí
- 后悔莫及 hòu huǐ mò jí
- 爱莫能助 ài mò néng zhù
- 是非莫辨 shì fēi mò biàn
- 望尘莫及 wàng chén mò jí
- 百口莫辩 bǎi kǒu mò biàn
- 真伪莫辨 zhēn wěi mò biàn
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