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讳疾忌医

huì jí jì yī phrase C2

Traditional: 諱疾忌醫

  1. hiding a sickness for fear of treatment (idiom); fig. concealing a fault to avoid criticism
  2. to keep one's shortcomings secret
  3. to refuse to listen to advice
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