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取缔 (qǔ dì) — to ban, to suppress, to crack down on (by official order)

Definition

取谛 (qǔdì) means an authority officially shuts down something illegal — stronger and more bureaucratic than 禁止. Use 打击 for a broad crackdown campaign, not a single act.

verb
to banto suppressto crack down on (by official order)

Examples

  • 取缔。
    Jǐng fāng qǔ dì le yí gè dǔ bó wō diǎn.
    The police shut down a gambling den.
  • 取缔。
    Zhè jiā fēi fǎ cān guǎn bèi zhèng fǔ qǔ dì le.
    This illegal restaurant was banned by the government.
  • ，取缔。
    Wèi le huán bǎo, dāng dì qǔ dì le suǒ yǒu xiǎo xíng zào zhǐ chǎng.
    For environmental protection, the local authorities banned all small paper mills.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

取qǔcancel
缔dìbind

“取” has the sense of cancelling and “缔” of binding or prohibiting, so together they mean to ban or suppress.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

取 pairs 又 (hand) with 耳 (ear), showing a hand taking an ear, as in taking the ear of fallen prey.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 締; 缔 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
糸糸mì
Sound part声符shēngfú
帝
帝dì締dì
Same sound today

The traditional form 締 combines 糸 as the meaning side with 帝 for sound; the simplified 缔 is a later shorthand.

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HSK 3.0 Level 7-9HSK 2.0 Level 6Government & PoliticsLaw & Justice

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