屢禁難絕

屢禁難絕

See also: 屡禁难绝

Chinese

		time and again	to prohibit; to forbid; endure	disaster; distress; to scold disaster; distress; to scold; difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good	cut short; extinct; to disappear cut short; extinct; to disappear; to vanish; absolutely; by no means
trad. (屢禁難絕)		屢	禁	難	絕
simp. (屡禁难绝)		屡	禁	难	绝

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǚjìnnánjué

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄩˇ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄋㄢˊ ㄐㄩㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): leoi⁵ gam³ naan⁴ zyut⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: lǚjìnnánjué
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄩˇ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄋㄢˊ ㄐㄩㄝˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leujinnnanjyue
    • IPA ^(key): /ly²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡ɕin⁵¹ nän³⁵ t͡ɕɥ̯œ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: leoi⁵ gam³ naan⁴ zyut⁶
    • Yale: léuih gam nàahn jyuht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loey⁵ gam³ naan⁴ dzyt⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lêu⁵ gem³ nan⁴ jud⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /lɵy̯¹³ kɐm³³ näːn²¹ t͡ʃyːt̚²/

Idiom

屢禁難絕

1. (literary) rampant, despite repeated attempts at prohibition

   為何犯罪行為會屢禁難絕？ [MSC, trad.]
   为何犯罪行为会屡禁难绝？ [MSC, simp.]

   Wèihé fànzuì xíngwèi huì lǚjìnnánjué? [Pinyin]

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

Synonyms

• (colloquial) 屢禁不止／屡禁不止 (lǚjìnbùzhǐ)
• (formal) 屢禁難止／屡禁难止 (lǚjìnnánzhǐ)