jì​huì HSK7

to avoid as taboo

忌讳 忌諱 jì​huì
to avoid as taboo
To abstain from certain words or actions due to custom, religion, or personal reasons
taboo
A social or religious custom prohibiting a particular practice or forbidding association with a particular person, place, or thing
vinegar
A dialectal term for vinegar, often used as a euphemism to avoid the word which sounds like inauspicious words in some contexts
to avoid
To take care to avoid or not want to occur (something that might have negative consequences)

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Movie subtitles
0.780 per million appears in 0% of films
Written text
2.62 per million

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HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 7

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