屢禁不止

See also: 屡禁不止

Chinese

		time and again	to prohibit; to forbid; endure	not; no	to stop; prohibit; till
trad. (屢禁不止)		屢	禁	不	止
simp. (屡禁不止)		屡	禁	不	止

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǚjìnbùzhǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄩˇ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): leoi⁵ gam³ bat¹ zi²
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): lu² gim³ bug⁴ zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǚjìnbùzhǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄩˇ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄓˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lyǔjìnbùjhǐh
    • Wade–Giles: lü³-chin⁴-pu⁴-chih³
    • Yale: lyǔ-jìn-bù-jř
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leujinnbujyy
    • Palladius: люйцзиньбучжи (ljujczinʹbučži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ly²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕin⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: leoi⁵ gam³ bat¹ zi²
    • Yale: léuih gam bāt jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loey⁵ gam³ bat⁷ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: lêu⁵ gem³ bed¹ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɵy̯¹³ kɐm³³ pɐt̚⁵ t͡siː³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: lu² gim³ bug⁴ zi²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lú kìm puk tsí
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu⁵²⁻³⁵ kim²¹³⁻⁵⁵ puk̚²⁻⁴ t͡si⁵²⁻²¹/

Idiom

屢禁不止

1. rampant, despite repeated attempts at prohibition

   為什麼犯罪行為會屢禁不止？ [MSC, trad.]
   为什么犯罪行为会屡禁不止？ [MSC, simp.]

   Wèishénme fànzuì xíngwèi huì lǚjìnbùzhǐ? [Pinyin]

   Why does crime go on despite our efforts to crack down on it?

Synonyms

• (formal) 屢禁難絕／屡禁难绝 (lǚjìnnánjué)
• 屢禁難止／屡禁难止 (lǚjìnnánzhǐ)