讳疾忌医 huìjíjìyī to hide an illness Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 讳疾忌医 諱疾忌醫 huìjíjìyī to hide an illness To hide an illness for fear of treatment; (figuratively) to conceal one's faults or shortcomings to avoid criticism or refuse to listen to advice to ignore small problems To ignore or cover up small problems, eventually leading to an unmanageable situation Frequency Written text 0.229 per million Cross-References Synonym 拒谏饰非 jùjiànshìfēi Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
讳疾忌医 諱疾忌醫 huìjíjìyī to hide an illness To hide an illness for fear of treatment; (figuratively) to conceal one's faults or shortcomings to avoid criticism or refuse to listen to advice to ignore small problems To ignore or cover up small problems, eventually leading to an unmanageable situation Frequency Written text 0.229 per million Cross-References Synonym 拒谏饰非 jùjiànshìfēi Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
