隐讳
yǐn huì
Pinyin

Definition

隐讳
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yǐn huì
  1. to hold back from saying precisely what is on one's mind

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

隐形
yǐn xíng
  1. 1 invisible
隐忍
yǐn rěn
  1. 1 to bear patiently
  2. 2 to endure silently
  3. 3 to forbear
隐瞒
yǐn mán
  1. 1 to conceal
  2. 2 to hide (a taboo subject)
  3. 3 to cover up the truth
隐私
yǐn sī
  1. 1 secrets
  2. 2 private business
  3. 3 privacy
隐约
yǐn yuē
  1. 1 vague
  2. 2 faint
  3. 3 indistinct
隐藏
yǐn cáng
  1. 1 to hide
  2. 2 to conceal
  3. 3 to mask
  4. 4 to shelter
  5. 5 to harbor (i.e. keep sth hidden)
  6. 6 to hide oneself
  7. 7 to lie low
  8. 8 to nestle
  9. 9 hidden
  10. 10 implicit
  11. 11 private
  12. 12 covert
  13. 13 recessed (lighting)
隐身
yǐn shēn
  1. 1 to hide oneself
  2. 2 invisible (person or online status)
隐隐
yǐn yǐn
  1. 1 faint
  2. 2 indistinct
忌讳
jì huì
  1. 1 taboo
  2. 2 to avoid as taboo
  3. 3 to abstain from
恻隐之心
cè yǐn zhī xīn
  1. 1 compassion
归隐
guī yǐn
  1. 1 to go back to one's native place and live in seclusion
若隐若现
ruò yǐn ruò xiàn
  1. 1 faintly discernible (idiom)
避讳
bì huì
  1. 1 to avoid a taboo word or topic
隐
yǐn
  1. 1 secret
  2. 2 hidden
  3. 3 concealed
  4. 4 (prefix) crypto-
隐匿
yǐn nì
  1. 1 to cover up
  2. 2 to hide
  3. 3 to conceal
隐去
yǐn qù
  1. 1 to disappear
  2. 2 to hide
隐含
yǐn hán
  1. 1 to contain in a concealed form
  2. 2 to keep covered up
  3. 3 implicit
隐喻
yǐn yù
  1. 1 metaphor
隐士
yǐn shì
  1. 1 hermit
隐居
yǐn jū
  1. 1 to live in seclusion

Idioms (7)

时隐时现
shí yǐn shí xiàn
  1. 1 appearing and disappearing (idiom)
  2. 2 intermittently visible
直言不讳
zhí yán bù huì
  1. 1 to speak bluntly (idiom)
  2. 2 not to mince words
直言无讳
zhí yán wú huì
  1. 1 to speak one's mind
  2. 2 to speak candidly (idiom)
若隐若现
ruò yǐn ruò xiàn
  1. 1 faintly discernible (idiom)
讳疾忌医
huì jí jì yī
  1. 1 hiding a sickness for fear of treatment (idiom); fig. concealing a fault to avoid criticism
  2. 2 to keep one's shortcomings secret
  3. 3 to refuse to listen to advice
讳莫如深
huì mò rú shēn
  1. 1 important matter that must be kept secret (idiom); don't breathe a word of it to anyone!
难言之隐
nán yán zhī yǐn
  1. 1 a hidden trouble hard to mention (idiom)
  2. 2 sth too embarrassing to mention
  3. 3 an embarrassing illness

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