"屢禁難止" meaning in Chinese

See 屢禁難止 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Phrase

IPA: /ly²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕin⁵¹ nän³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /lɵy̯¹³ kɐm³³ naːn²¹ t͡siː³⁵/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA] Forms: 屡禁难止 [Simplified-Chinese]
Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 屢禁難止
  1. (literary) rampant, despite repeated attempts at prohibition Tags: idiomatic, literary Synonyms: 屢禁不止 (lǚjìn-bùjué) [colloquial], 屡禁不止 (lǚjìn-bùjué) [colloquial], 屢禁難絕 (lǚjìnnánjué) [formal], 屡禁难绝 (lǚjìnnánjué) [formal]
    Sense id: en-屢禁難止-zh-phrase--08uPOM1 Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "屡禁难止",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "屢禁難止",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              15,
              60
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              25,
              36
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              7,
              11
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Why does crime go on despite our efforts to crack down on it?",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC"
          ],
          "roman": "Wèihé fànzuì xíngwèi huì lǚjìnnánzhǐ?",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin",
            "Traditional-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "為何犯罪行為會屢禁難止?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              15,
              60
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              25,
              36
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              7,
              11
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Why does crime go on despite our efforts to crack down on it?",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC"
          ],
          "roman": "Wèihé fànzuì xíngwèi huì lǚjìnnánzhǐ?",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin",
            "Simplified-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "为何犯罪行为会屡禁难止?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "rampant, despite repeated attempts at prohibition"
      ],
      "id": "en-屢禁難止-zh-phrase--08uPOM1",
      "links": [
        [
          "rampant",
          "rampant"
        ],
        [
          "attempt",
          "attempt"
        ],
        [
          "prohibition",
          "prohibition"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary) rampant, despite repeated attempts at prohibition"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "roman": "lǚjìn-bùjué",
          "tags": [
            "colloquial"
          ],
          "word": "屢禁不止"
        },
        {
          "roman": "lǚjìn-bùjué",
          "tags": [
            "colloquial"
          ],
          "word": "屡禁不止"
        },
        {
          "roman": "lǚjìnnánjué",
          "tags": [
            "formal"
          ],
          "word": "屢禁難絕"
        },
        {
          "roman": "lǚjìnnánjué",
          "tags": [
            "formal"
          ],
          "word": "屡禁难绝"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "literary"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lǚjìnnánzhǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄌㄩˇ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄋㄢˊ ㄓˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "leoi⁵ gam³ naan⁴ zi²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lǚjìnnánzhǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄌㄩˇ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄋㄢˊ ㄓˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lyǔjìnnánjhǐh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lü³-chin⁴-nan²-chih³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lyǔ-jìn-nán-jř"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "leujinnnanjyy"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ljujczinʹnanʹčži",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "люйцзиньнаньчжи"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ly²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕin⁵¹ nän³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "leoi⁵ gam³ naan⁴ zi²"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "léuih gam nàahn jí"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "loey⁵ gam³ naan⁴ dzi²"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lêu⁵ gem³ nan⁴ ji²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɵy̯¹³ kɐm³³ naːn²¹ t͡siː³⁵/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "屢禁難止"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "屡禁难止",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "屢禁難止",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese idioms",
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese idioms",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese literary terms",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 屢",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 止",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 禁",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 難",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Mandarin idioms",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin terms with usage examples",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
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            ]
          ],
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              25,
              36
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              7,
              11
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Why does crime go on despite our efforts to crack down on it?",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC"
          ],
          "roman": "Wèihé fànzuì xíngwèi huì lǚjìnnánzhǐ?",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin",
            "Traditional-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "為何犯罪行為會屢禁難止?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              15,
              60
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              25,
              36
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              7,
              11
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Why does crime go on despite our efforts to crack down on it?",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC"
          ],
          "roman": "Wèihé fànzuì xíngwèi huì lǚjìnnánzhǐ?",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin",
            "Simplified-Chinese"
          ],
          "text": "为何犯罪行为会屡禁难止?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "rampant, despite repeated attempts at prohibition"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "rampant",
          "rampant"
        ],
        [
          "attempt",
          "attempt"
        ],
        [
          "prohibition",
          "prohibition"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary) rampant, despite repeated attempts at prohibition"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "literary"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lǚjìnnánzhǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄌㄩˇ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄋㄢˊ ㄓˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "leoi⁵ gam³ naan⁴ zi²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lǚjìnnánzhǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄌㄩˇ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄋㄢˊ ㄓˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lyǔjìnnánjhǐh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lü³-chin⁴-nan²-chih³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lyǔ-jìn-nán-jř"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "leujinnnanjyy"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ljujczinʹnanʹčži",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "люйцзиньнаньчжи"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ly²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕin⁵¹ nän³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "leoi⁵ gam³ naan⁴ zi²"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "léuih gam nàahn jí"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "loey⁵ gam³ naan⁴ dzi²"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "lêu⁵ gem³ nan⁴ ji²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɵy̯¹³ kɐm³³ naːn²¹ t͡siː³⁵/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "lǚjìn-bùjué",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "屢禁不止"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lǚjìn-bùjué",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "屡禁不止"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lǚjìnnánjué",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ],
      "word": "屢禁難絕"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lǚjìnnánjué",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ],
      "word": "屡禁难绝"
    }
  ],
  "word": "屢禁難止"
}

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