屡禁不绝 — Chinese idiom
屡禁不绝
lǚ jìn bù jué
Traditional: 屢禁不絕
Meaning
- to continue despite repeated prohibition
Character by character
- 屡lǚfrequently, often, again and again
- 禁jìnto restrict, to prohibit, to forbid; to endure
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 绝juéto cut, to sever; to break off, to terminate
Idioms sharing a character
- 屡劝不听 lǚ quàn bù tīng
- 屡战屡败 lǚ zhàn lǚ bài
- 屡败屡战 lǚ bài lǚ zhàn
- 屡禁不止 lǚ jìn bù zhǐ
- 屡见不鲜 lǚ jiàn bù xiān
- 令行禁止 lìng xíng jìn zhǐ
- 喜不自禁 xǐ bù zì jīn
- 弱不禁风 ruò bù jīn fēng
- 情不自禁 qíng bù zì jīn
- 百无禁忌 bǎi wú jìn jì
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