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HSK
to prohibit / to forbid / to ban
HSK 4
banned book
can't help it / can't bear it
HSK 7-9
taboo / contraindication (medicine) / to abstain from
HSK 7-9
prohibition / ban
drug prohibition
No smoking!
to ban (an athlete) from competitions
prohibition / ban on alcohol
prohibition / ban / law forbidding sth
to totally prohibit / to put an end to
to fast / to abstain from eating / to forbid the eating of (certain foods) / a fast
forbidden fruit (esp. premarital sex)
to confine / to imprison / prohibition / shackles / fetters
to stand / to endure
prohibition / ban on alcohol / dry law
forbidden area / restricted area / (fig.) sth considered off-limits
restricted area; forbidden zone; off-limits area
HSK 7-9
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 control / to restrict / to prohibit / prohibition / restriction
taboo (word) / unmentionable word
contraband goods
to be unable to stand
to suppress desire / self-restraint / asceticism
to abstain from; to prohibit (certain foods etc)
to withstand heavy use / durable
to prohibit the use of sth / to ban / (computing) to disable
imperial guard
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 ban (a play or movie)
curfew
embargo / export ban (e.g. on weapons)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *禁* | 禁* | *禁
to endure
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *禁* | 禁* | *禁
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)
to deny a detainee visitation privileges


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