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避諱

简避讳 · 繁避諱

Mandarin · pinyin bì huì#

to avoid a taboo (usu. on the given names of emperors or one's elders)

Mandarin · pinyin bì hui#

to avoid a taboo word or topic
to refrain from; to avoid

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避: bì · avoid; turn aside; escape; hide
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讳: huì · conceal; shun; regard as taboo

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4–4 · bi4 hui4

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bei6 wai5

Cantonese word readings for 避諱. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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verb

(historical) to observe the Chinese naming taboo

verb

(intransitive) to avoid using an inauspicious or vulgar word or phrase
(colloquial) to refrain from; to avoid

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