忌讳 | jì huì | taboo; to avoid as taboo; to abstain from | |
直言不讳 | zhí yán bù huì | to speak bluntly (idiom); not to mince words | |
避讳 | bì huì | to avoid a taboo word or topic | |
隐讳 | yǐn huì | to hold back from saying precisely what is on one's mind | |
讳莫如深 | huì mò rú shēn | important matter that must be kept secret (idiom); don't breathe a word of it to anyone! |
1 | Conceal your friends' mistakes but not yours. | |
2 | Despite being innocent, around a quarter of these people had confessed or pleaded guilty to the offences of which they were accused. | |
3 | 在一个单独的电信欺诈案件中,通过计算一名白领罪犯所发的每封邮件,检察官们可以用一个超长刑期来威胁他,除非他供认不讳,或者告发他的老板。 By counting each e-mail sent by a white-collar wrongdoer as a separate case of wire fraud, prosecutors can threaten him with a gargantuan sentence unless he confesses, or informs on his boss. | |
4 | Taboo in languages is very popular as a psychological phenomenon in the world. | |
5 | However, taboo is also a social phenomenon, so it is closely linked with the society. |