yǐn huì

Traditional: 隱諱

隐讳 (yǐn huì) is a Chinese word meaning “to hold back from saying precisely what is on one's mind”.

Meanings

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

Characters in 隐讳

隐yǐn · (bound form) secret; hidden; concealed; crypto-讳huì · to avoid mentioning

Related words

隐藏to hide隐瞒to conceal隐私secrets隐形invisible隐蔽to conceal隐(bound form) secret; hidden; concealed; crypto-隐to lean upon隐秘secret; hidden隐身to hide oneself隐居to live in seclusion隐形眼镜contact lens隐喻metaphor

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