Read Edit View history 讳莫如深 huìmòrúshēn to closely guard a secret Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 讳莫如深 諱莫如深 huìmòrúshēn to closely guard a secret (idiom) to steadfastly refuse to discuss a matter or treat it as an untouchable subject; to keep something strictly hidden from outsiders Frequency Movie subtitles 0.090 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.751 per million Cross-References Synonym 闪烁其词 shǎnshuòqící深加隐讳 shēnjiāyǐnhuìAntonym 心直口快 xīnzhíkǒukuài直言不讳 zhíyánbùhuì无可讳言 wúkěhuìyán Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
讳莫如深 諱莫如深 huìmòrúshēn to closely guard a secret (idiom) to steadfastly refuse to discuss a matter or treat it as an untouchable subject; to keep something strictly hidden from outsiders Frequency Movie subtitles 0.090 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.751 per million Cross-References Synonym 闪烁其词 shǎnshuòqící深加隐讳 shēnjiāyǐnhuìAntonym 心直口快 xīnzhíkǒukuài直言不讳 zhíyánbùhuì无可讳言 wúkěhuìyán Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)