引嫌
yǐn​xián

to avoid suspicion

  • created sense approved 引嫌 · yǐn​xián · to avoid suspicion — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    引嫌

    yǐn​xián

    to avoid suspicion

    to avoid acting in a way that might cause suspicion or to decline involvement to prevent a conflict of interest; also used in formal or literary contexts to mean withdrawing or resigning to avoid being suspected of wrongdoing

    引, 嫌

    引 (literal) → 引 · yǐn · to withdraw 嫌 (literal) → 嫌 · xián · suspicion

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense