諱莫如深

Chinese

		avoid mentioning; to taboo	do not; there is none who	as (if); such as	deep; profound
trad. (諱莫如深)		諱	莫	如	深
simp. (讳莫如深)		讳	莫	如	深

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huìmòrúshēn

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟˋ ㄇㄛˋ ㄖㄨˊ ㄕㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wai⁵ mok⁶ jyu⁴ sam¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huìmòrúshēn
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˋ ㄇㄛˋ ㄖㄨˊ ㄕㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: huèimòrúshen
  - Wade–Giles: hui⁴-mo⁴-ju²-shên¹
  - Yale: hwèi-mwò-rú-shēn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hueymohrushen
  - Palladius: хуэйможушэнь (xuejmožušɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯eɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ mu̯ɔ⁵¹ ʐu³⁵ ʂən⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: wai⁵ mok⁶ jyu⁴ sam¹
  - Yale: wáih mohk yùh sām
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wai⁵ mok⁹ jy⁴ sam¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: wei⁵ mog⁶ yu⁴ sem¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯¹³ mɔːk̚² jyː²¹ sɐm⁵⁵/

Idiom

諱莫如深

to closely guard a secret and not utter a single word about it; to not breathe a word

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