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讳 huì

taboo; to shun, to conceal, to avoid mentioning

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6
Level
HSK 6
Radical
讠
Traditional
諱
Type
Picto-phonetic
Made of 讠韦 ⿰讠韦

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  1. 老一辈的人说话往往有很多忌讳。
    Lǎo yī bèi de rén shuōhuà wǎngwǎng yǒu hěnduō jìhuì.
    Older generations often have a lot of taboos when speaking.
    old one generation (particle) person speak often have many taboo
  2. 你们家过年的时候有什么忌讳吗？
    Nǐmen jiā guònián de shíhou yǒu shénme jìhuì ma?
    Does your family have any taboos during the New Year?
    your family celebrate-new-year (particle) time have what taboo (question)
  3. 跟老人聊天时，最好避开这些忌讳的话题。
    Gēn lǎorén liáotiān shí, zuìhǎo bìkāi zhèxiē jìhuì de huàtí.
    When chatting with elderly people, it's best to avoid these taboo topics.
    with elderly-person chat time, best avoid these taboo (particle) topic
  4. 他从不忌讳谈论自己的失败。
    Tā cóng bù jìhuì tánlùn zìjǐ de shībài.
    He never shies away from talking about his own failures.
    he always not taboo discuss self (particle) failure
  5. 在这个村子里，提起那件事是一个大忌讳。
    Zài zhège cūnzi lǐ, tíqǐ nà jiàn shì shì yī gè dà jìhuì.
    In this village, bringing up that matter is a big taboo.
    at this village inside, mention that (measure) matter be one (measure) big taboo

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