求医癖 求醫癖

求

• 乞求 qǐ qiú ㄑㄧˇ ㄑㄧㄡˊ hat1 kau4 to beg
• 供求 gōng qiú ㄍㄨㄥ ㄑㄧㄡˊ gung1 kau4 supply and demand (economics)
• 力求 lì qiú ㄌㄧˋ ㄑㄧㄡˊ lik6 kau4 to make every effort to
• 哀求 āi qiú ㄞ ㄑㄧㄡˊ oi1 kau4 to entreat
• 央求 yāng qiú ㄧㄤ ㄑㄧㄡˊ joeng1 kau4 to implore

医 醫

• 中医 中醫 zhōng yī ㄓㄨㄥ ㄧ zung1 ji1 traditional Chinese medical science
• 就医 就醫 jiù yī ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄧ zau6 ji1 to receive medical treatment
• 求医 求醫 qiú yī ㄑㄧㄡˊ ㄧ kau4 ji1 to seek medical treatment
• 西医 西醫 xī yī ㄒㄧ ㄧ sai1 ji1 Western medicine
• 医务 醫務 yī wù ㄧ ㄨˋ ji1 mou6 medical affairs

癖

• 性癖 xìng pǐ ㄒㄧㄥˋ ㄆㄧˇ sing3 pik1 sexual fetish
• 怪癖 guài pǐ ㄍㄨㄞˋ ㄆㄧˇ gwaai3 pik1 eccentricity
• 恶癖 惡癖 è pǐ ㄜˋ ㄆㄧˇ ok3 pik1 bad habit
• 洁癖 潔癖 jié pǐ ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄆㄧˇ git3 pik1 mysophobia
• 痼癖 gù pǐ ㄍㄨˋ ㄆㄧˇ gu3 pik1 addiction

• 不求甚解 bù qiú shèn jiě ㄅㄨˋ ㄑㄧㄡˊ ㄕㄣˋ ㄐㄧㄝˇ bat1 kau4 sam6 gaai2 lit. not requiring a detailed understanding (idiom); only looking for an overview
• 不忮不求 bù zhì bù qiú ㄅㄨˋ ㄓˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄑㄧㄡˊ (idiom) to be free of jealousy or greed
• 吹毛求疵 chuī máo qiú cī ㄔㄨㄟ ㄇㄠˊ ㄑㄧㄡˊ ㄘ ceoi1 mou4 kau4 ci1 lit. to blow apart the hairs upon a fur to discover any defect (idiom); fig. to be fastidious

• 讳疾忌医 諱疾忌醫 huì jí jì yī ㄏㄨㄟˋ ㄐㄧˊ ㄐㄧˋ ㄧ wai5 zat6 gei6 ji1 hiding a sickness for fear of treatment (idiom); fig. concealing a fault to avoid criticism

• 断袖之癖 斷袖之癖 duàn xiù zhī pǐ ㄉㄨㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄡˋ ㄓ ㄆㄧˇ dyun6 zau6 zi1 pik1 lit. cut sleeve (idiom); fig. euphemism for homosexuality, originating from History of Western Han 汉书: emperor Han Aidi (real name Liu Xin) was in bed with his lover Dong Xian, and had to attend a court audience that morning. Not wishing to awaken Dong Xian, who was sleeping with his head resting on the emperor's long robe sleeve, Aidi used a knife to cut off the lower half of his sleeve.