禁酒 (jìn jiǔ) — to ban alcohol, to prohibit alcoholic beverages
Definition
A verb-object phrase meaning 'to ban alcohol' (a city, government, or policy does this, not a person). A separable verb: insert 了 between the characters for completed action, e.g. 禁了酒.
verb
to ban alcoholto prohibit alcoholic beverages
Examples
- 。Qù nián zhè ge chéng shì jìn le jiǔ.Last year this city banned alcohol.
- 禁酒。Zhèng fǔ xuān bù le quán miàn jìn jiǔ.The government announced a comprehensive ban on alcohol.
- 禁酒。Hěn duō gōng gòng chǎng suǒ dōu shí xíng le jìn jiǔ.Many public places have implemented an alcohol ban.
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