讳疾忌医
Traditional form:
諱疾忌醫
Pinyin (reading):
huìjíjìyī
Definitions:
- 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
Characters:
- 讳 - taboo; to shun, to conceal, to avoid mentioning
- 疾 - sickness, illness, disease; to envy, to hate
- 忌 - jealous, envious; to fear; to shun
- 医 - to cure, to heal, to treat; doctor; medicine
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