戒

jièㄐㄧㄝˋ

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HSK 5 TOCFL 7

Meaning

Meanings

1
to guard against
2
to exhort
3
to admonish or warn
4
to give up or stop doing sth
5
Buddhist monastic discipline
6
ring (for a finger)

Examples

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醫生勸我戒煙。

The doctor advised me to stop smoking.

他去年試過戒煙，但卻以失敗告終。

He tried to give up smoking last year, but it was in vain.

你應該努力去戒煙。

You should make an effort to stop smoking.

我戒煙一年了。

I gave up smoking for a year.

戒煙容易，戒你太難！

Quitting smoking is easy, quitting you is too hard.

Related: 戒

戒备

jiè bèi

to take precautions

戒指

jiè zhi

(finger) ring

戒烟

jiè yān

to give up smoking

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