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讳
諱
huì
1.
to avoid mentioning
2.
taboo word
3.
name of deceased emperor or superior
Common • Top 19%
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (12)
不讳
bùhuì
without concealing anything
名讳
mínghuì
taboo name (e.g. of emperor)
忌讳
jìhuì
taboo
讳名
huìmíng
taboo name
讳称
huìchēng
euphemism
避讳
bìhuì
to avoid a taboo word or topic
避讳
bìhui
to avoid a taboo word or topic
隐讳
yǐnhuì
a taboo subject
直言不讳
zhíyánbùhuì
straight talk, nothing taboo (idiom); frank and straightforward
直言无讳
zhíyánwúhuì
to speak one's mind
讳疾忌医
huìjíjìyī
hiding a sickness for fear of treatment (idiom); fig. concealing a fault to avoid criticism
讳莫如深
huìmòrúshēn
important matter that must be kept secret (idiom); don't breathe a word of it to anyone!
Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 6
- Character Frequency Rank
- 2,911
- Word Frequency Rank
- 16,234 of 84,292