to avoid mentioning / taboo word / name of deceased emperor or superior
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Frequency data: Cai & Brysbaert, SUBTLEX-CH (2010), Creative Commons Attribution. The data includes word forms with at least 10 occurrences in an older subtitle sample. It does not provide current frequency or HSK levels. Absence from the sample does not establish that a word is rare. Names, variants and restricted readings identified in the source appear after general-use entries within the same match type.
taboo / to avoid as taboo / to abstain from
to make a full confession / to plead guilty
to speak bluntly (idiom) / not to mince words
to avoid a taboo (usu. on the given names of emperors or one's elders)
to avoid a taboo word or topic / to refrain from / to avoid
taboo name / name of deceased
hiding a sickness for fear of treatment (idiom) / fig. concealing a fault to avoid criticism / to keep one's shortcomings secret / to refuse to listen to advice
euphemism / word used to avoid a taboo reference
(idiom) to steadfastly refuse to discuss the matter / to treat it as an untouchable subject
to avoid stating openly (esp. sensitive or unpleasant matters, usu. in the negative, as in 不諱言|不讳言[] "to state frankly")
without concealing anything / to pass away / to die
taboo name (e.g. of emperor)
to use the tabooed name 名諱|名讳[] of hierarchical superiors (old) / to violate a taboo / to use a taboo word or character
see 直言不諱|直言不讳[]
to hold back from saying precisely what is on one's mind
cross symbol (×), used to replace a character one does not wish to display
Definitions from CC-CEDICT · 125,326 source records · Release 2026-10-27