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abstain from certain food (as when ill) / avoid certain foods / be on a diet
HSK 7-9
taboo / contraindication (medicine) / to abstain from
HSK 7-9
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to be jealous of / fear / dread / scruple / to avoid or abstain from / to quit / to give up sth
HSK 7-9
taboo / to avoid as taboo / to abstain from
HSK 7-9
to be jealous of (sb's achievements etc) / to be envious / envy
HSK 7-9
to be jealous of; to envy
children's words carry no harm (idiom)
to behave recklessly
to avoid as taboo / to avoid by all means
to have misgivings / apprehension / worry / qualm / scruple
all taboos are off (idiom); anything goes / nothing is taboo
anniversary of a death / inauspicious day
hiding a sickness for fear of treatment (idiom); fig. concealing a fault to avoid criticism / to keep one's shortcomings secret / to refuse to listen to advice
hate (due to envy etc)
lit. to refrain from shooting at the rat for fear of breaking the vases (idiom) / to not act against an evil so as to prevent harm to innocents
to avoid as taboo
to be arrested by fear / restraint / scruple
to be suspicious and jealous of
a taboo / to avoid sth (as taboo)
Tian Ji races his horses (and accepts one loss in order to ensure two wins) (idiom)
to have scruples / to have misgivings
suspicion
anniversary of a death
Zhangsun Wuji (c. 594-659), politician and historian of early Tang
to quit smoking
to envy
sexual taboo
taboo language
magnanimous on the outside, but hateful on the inside (idiom)
whiskey (loanword)
to envy the virtuous and talented (idiom)
whiskey (loanword)
to be afraid of the consequences / restraining fear
without any fear of consequences / totally devoid of scruples
to violate a taboo
jealousy / suspicious and jealous
absolutely unrestrained / unbridled / without the slightest scruple


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