English
- conceal
- to avoid mentioning
- shun
- taboo word
- regard as taboo
- name of deceased emperor or superior
- to conceal; to regard as taboo
粵語
- 避而不談
Variants
Words containing 諱
- 諱言wai5 jin4
to avoid stating openly (esp. sensitive or unpleasant matters, usu. in the negative, as in 不諱言|不讳言[bu4 hui4 yan2] "to state frankly")
- 忌諱gei6 wai5
taboo
- 避諱bei6 wai5
to avoid a taboo (usu. on the given names of emperors or one's elders)
- 名諱ming4 wai5
taboo name (e.g. of emperor)
- 直言不諱zik6 jin4 bat1 wai5
to speak bluntly (idiom)
- 不諱bat1 wai5
without concealing anything
- 諱名wai5 ming4
taboo name
- 諱稱wai5 cing1
euphemism
- 隱諱jan2 wai5
to hold back from saying precisely what is on one's mind
- 犯諱faan6 wai5
to use the tabooed name 名諱|名讳[ming2 hui4] of hierarchical superiors (old)
- 諱疾忌醫wai5 zat6 gei6 ji1
hiding a sickness for fear of treatment (idiom); fig. concealing a fault to avoid criticism
- 直言無諱zik6 jin4 mou4 wai5
see 直言不諱|直言不讳[zhi2 yan2 bu4 hui4]
- 隱諱號jan2 wai5 hou6
cross symbol (×), used to replace a character one does not wish to display
- 無所忌諱mou4 so2 gei6 wai5
- 不可諱言bat1 ho2 wai5 jin4
- 諱莫如深wai5 mok6 jyu4 sam1
(idiom) to steadfastly refuse to discuss the matter; to treat it as an untouchable subject
- 供認不諱gung1 jing6 bat1 wai5
to make a full confession; to plead guilty