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HSK
to prohibit / to forbid / to ban
HSK 4
can't help (doing sth) / can't refrain from
HSK 6
restricted area; forbidden zone; off-limits area
HSK 7-9
to strictly prohibit
HSK 7-9
taboo / contraindication (medicine) / to abstain from
HSK 7-9
can't help it / can't bear it
HSK 7-9
(idiom) cannot refrain from; cannot help; cannot but
HSK 7-9
to withstand heavy use / durable
to prohibit the use of sth / to ban / (computing) to disable
restrictions on entry and exiting / control over access
to ban (narcotics, a movie etc) / to block (a road etc) / (Internet) to block (a user)
prohibition / ban
to violate a prohibition or ban / prohibited / illicit
(urinary or fecal) incontinence
to imprison / to jail / to take into custody
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  *禁* | 禁* | *禁
to endure
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  *禁* | 禁* | *禁
to prohibit / to forbid
to suppress desire / self-restraint / asceticism
to ban the sale of
to confine / to imprison / prohibition / shackles / fetters
to control / to restrict / to prohibit / prohibition / restriction
banned book
embargo / export ban (e.g. on weapons)
the Forbidden City / the Imperial Palace in Beijing / same as 故宮|故宫
to lift a prohibition
ban on fishing
cannot help laughing / unable to restrain a smile
to imprison / captivity
to forbid sb to go out / to confine to one location (e.g. student, soldier, prisoner, monk etc) / to ground (as disciplinary measure) / to gate / to curfew / restriction on movement / ban on visiting a place / out of bounds / off limits / caveat
to ban smoking / to quit smoking / to prohibit cooking / prohibition on opium (esp. in China from 1729)
drug prohibition
to place under house arrest
all taboos are off (idiom); anything goes / nothing is taboo
forbidden fruit (esp. premarital sex)
constraint / to detain / to take into custody
imperial guard
lit. too weak to stand up to the wind (idiom) / fig. extremely delicate; fragile
lit. orders are carried out and prohibitions are observed (idiom)fig. to execute every order without fail
prohibition / ban on alcohol / dry law
night curfew
exclusive property / forbidden domain
to berate / to shout loudly
to be unable to stand
to place under house arrest; to imprison
to continue despite repeated prohibition (idiom)
prohibition on entering or leaving by sea
to lift a ban / to lift a curfew
contraband goods
to violate a ban
to abstain from; to prohibit (certain foods etc)
a ban on logging
forbidden area / restricted area / (fig.) sth considered off-limits
prohibition / ban on alcohol
prohibition / ban / law forbidding sth
unable to contain one's joy (idiom)
Do not enter! (road sign)
Internet censorship
prohibited goods; contraband
restrictions on the publication of newspapers / press restrictions
curfew
life sentence
to continue despite repeated prohibition (idiom)
complete prohibition / total ban
embargo on arms sale
asceticism
to put in detention (a soldier, a pupil)
to forbid sb to go out / to curfew / to ground (as disciplinary measure)
imperial guard
sexual taboo
taboo language
No smoking!
to lift a prohibition / to lift a ban
to deny a detainee visitation privileges
taboo (word) / unmentionable word
Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty
to prohibit / to ban / to suppress
to stand / to endure
to ban (a play or movie)
to totally prohibit / to put an end to
drugs ban (e.g. for athletes)
defense of the imperial palace or of the capital / the palace guard (or a member of that unit)
to ban (an athlete) from competitions
to fast / to abstain from eating / to forbid the eating of (certain foods) / a fast
illegal medicines


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