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  *戒* | 戒* | *戒
to guard against / to exhort / to admonish or warn / to give up or stop doing sth / Buddhist monastic discipline / ring (for a finger)
HSK 5
diamond ring / CL: 隻|只
(finger) ring
HSK 7-9
the eight precepts (Buddhism)
to quit (taking drugs, alcohol etc); withdrawal
to take sth as a warning (idiom) / to draw a lesson from a case where things turned out badly
to give up smoking
HSK 7-9
to discipline / reprimand
to take precautions / to guard against (emergency)
HSK 7-9
to observe a religious fast; to abstain from food or certain activities before a ritual
to end abstinence / to resume (drinking) after a break / to break (a taboo)
Buddhist monk's knife (not used for killing)
the ten commandments (religion)
to give up drinking / to abstain from drinking
(idiom) to refrain from extravagance and cherish frugality
vigilant / cautious
vigilance / wariness
to violate a religious precept / to smoke or drink after giving up
to try everything to avoid; to guard against
to take oaths as a monk (Buddhism) / to take orders
ordination platform in a Buddhist temple
Buddhist or Taoist ordination certificate issued by monastic authorities
Zhu Bajie, character in Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记, with pig-like characteristics and armed with a muckrake / Pigsy in Arthur Waley's translation
lesson from events of the past / warning
to guard against pride and impatience (idiom); to remain modest and keep cool
monastic discipline / commandment
signet ring (cell)
don't blame the speaker, take note of his warning (idiom); an exhortation to speak one's mind without fear of reprisals, and with the expectation of being taken seriously
heavily-guarded
religious precept / taboo / rule
wary
abstinence / to give up (a bad habit)
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien 托爾金|托尔金
to impose martial law / to impose emergency measures
martial law
(finger) ring
commandment / precept
J.R.R. Tolkien (1892-1973), British philologist and author of fantasy fiction such as Lord of the Rings 魔戒
to serve as a warning (idiom)
festival of fasting (esp. Eid al-Fitr)
drug rehabilitation center
police cordon / alert level
restricted area / zone of application of the martial law
The Nine-Toothed Rake (weapon of Zhu Bajie 豬八戒|猪八戒)
(Buddhism) to adhere strictly to the ethical precepts / asceticism
to abstain from; to prohibit (certain foods etc)
to warn / to alert / to be on the alert / to stand guard / sentinel
lit. to strike with a muckrake (idiom), cf Pigsy 豬八戒|猪八戒 in Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记; fig. to counterattack / to make bogus accusations (against one's victim)
to kick a drug habit / to abstain from drugs
to force sb to give up (a drug) / to enforce abstinence / to break drug dependence
to warn / to admonish
prohibition
to go against the rules (of a religious order) / to break a ban (e.g. medical)
(Buddhism) to initiate sb for monkhood or nunhood
to quit / to give up (a bad habit)
Zhu Bajie 豬八戒|猪八戒 or Zhu Wuneng, Pigsy or Pig (in Journey to the West)
Zhu Bajie 豬八戒|猪八戒 or Zhu Wuneng, Pigsy or Pig (in Journey to the West)
a taboo / to avoid sth (as taboo)
variant of 規誡|规诫
drug rehabilitation center
variant of 勸誡|劝诫
variant of 告誡|告诫
variant of 訓誡|训诫
variant of 警戒


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