Read Edit View history 諱言 huìyán to avoid speaking Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 讳言 諱言 huìyán to avoid speaking To refrain from speaking or mentioning something due to taboos, concerns, or fear of negative consequences. to reject criticism (Literary) to refuse or be unwilling to listen to advice or remonstrance from subordinates Frequency Movie subtitles 0.060 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.927 per million Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
讳言 諱言 huìyán to avoid speaking To refrain from speaking or mentioning something due to taboos, concerns, or fear of negative consequences. to reject criticism (Literary) to refuse or be unwilling to listen to advice or remonstrance from subordinates Frequency Movie subtitles 0.060 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.927 per million Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)