- 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 (諱): to avoid mentioning; taboo word; name of deceased emperor or superior
- 疾 (疾): (bound form) disease; ailment; (bound form) swift; (literary) to hate; to abhor
- 忌 (忌): to be jealous of; fear; dread; scruple; to avoid or abstain from; to quit; to give up sth
- 医 (醫): medical; medicine; doctor; to cure; to treat
Resources
- Wiktionary: 讳疾忌医
- MDBG: 讳疾忌医
- Examples with 讳疾忌医 on Tatoeba
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