[hide one's sickness for fear of treatment;conceal one's fault for fear of criticism] 諱忌:隱瞞過失。指自己有過失,卻不喜歡接受別人的規勸
今人有過,不喜人規,如諱疾而忌醫,寧滅其身而無悟也。――宋·周敦頤《周子通書》