讳疾忌医
讳疾忌医
huì jí jì yī
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
idiomverb
Traditional: 諱疾忌醫
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- (idiom, verb) 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
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Related Words
一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳(yī zhāo bèi shé yǎo , shí nián pà jǐng shéng)— once bitten by a snake, ten years in fear of a well rope
→噤若寒蝉(jìn ruò hán chán)— to keep quiet out of fear (idiom)
→因噎废食(yīn yē fèi shí)— lit. not eating for fear of choking (idiom); fig. to cut off one's nose to spite one's face
→忌(jì)— to be jealous of
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