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


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