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Trad. 諱

to avoid mentioning
taboo word
name of deceased emperor or superior

🖌️ 讳 Strokes

Trad. 避諱

to avoid a taboo word or topic
to refrain from; to avoid

🖌️ 避 Strokes 🖌️ 讳 Strokes

Trad. 不諱

without concealing anything
to pass away
to die

🖌️ 不 Strokes 🖌️ 讳 Strokes

犯fàn 讳huì

Trad. 犯諱

to use the tabooed name 名諱|名讳[ming2 hui4] of hierarchical superiors (old)
to violate a taboo
to use a taboo word or character

🖌️ 犯 Strokes 🖌️ 讳 Strokes

名míng 讳huì

Trad. 名諱

taboo name (e.g. of emperor)

🖌️ 名 Strokes 🖌️ 讳 Strokes

隐yǐn 讳huì

Trad. 隱諱

to hold back from saying precisely what is on one's mind

🖌️ 隐 Strokes 🖌️ 讳 Strokes

讳huì 名míng

Trad. 諱名

taboo name
name of deceased

🖌️ 讳 Strokes 🖌️ 名 Strokes

讳huì 称chēng

Trad. 諱稱

euphemism
word used to avoid a taboo reference

🖌️ 讳 Strokes 🖌️ 称 Strokes

Trad. 忌諱

taboo
to avoid as taboo
to abstain from

🖌️ 忌 Strokes 🖌️ 讳 Strokes

Trad. 避諱

to avoid a taboo (usu. on the given names of emperors or one's elders)

🖌️ 避 Strokes 🖌️ 讳 Strokes

隐yǐn 讳huì 号hào

Trad. 隱諱號

cross symbol (×), used to replace a character one does not wish to display

🖌️ 隐 Strokes 🖌️ 讳 Strokes 🖌️ 号 Strokes

直zhí 言yán 不bù 讳huì

Trad. 直言不諱

to speak bluntly (idiom)
not to mince words

🖌️ 直 Strokes 🖌️ 言 Strokes 🖌️ 不 Strokes 🖌️ 讳 Strokes

供gòng 认rèn 不bù 讳huì

Trad. 供認不諱

to make a full confession; to plead guilty

🖌️ 供 Strokes 🖌️ 认 Strokes 🖌️ 不 Strokes 🖌️ 讳 Strokes

直zhí 言yán 无wú 讳huì

Trad. 直言無諱

to speak one's mind
to speak candidly (idiom)

🖌️ 直 Strokes 🖌️ 言 Strokes 🖌️ 无 Strokes 🖌️ 讳 Strokes

讳huì 疾jí 忌jì 医yī

Trad. 諱疾忌醫

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

🖌️ 讳 Strokes 🖌️ 疾 Strokes 🖌️ 忌 Strokes 🖌️ 医 Strokes

讳huì 莫mò 如rú 深shēn

Trad. 諱莫如深

(idiom) to steadfastly refuse to discuss the matter; to treat it as an untouchable subject

🖌️ 讳 Strokes 🖌️ 莫 Strokes 🖌️ 如 Strokes 🖌️ 深 Strokes