戒烟 (jiè yān) — to quit smoking

Definição

戒烟 is a verb-object phrase meaning 'to quit smoking', built from 戒 ('to give up / abstain from') + 烟 ('tobacco'). It separates in aspect contexts (戒了烟, 戒了好几次烟), as in the examples.

verb
to quit smoking

Exemplos

  • 戒烟
    Yī shēng jiàn yì tā jiè yān.
    The doctor advised him to quit smoking.
  • Tā yǐ jīng jiè le yān, shēn tǐ hǎo duō le.
    He has quit smoking and is much healthier now.
  • Tā jiè le hǎo jǐ cì yān dōu méi chéng gōng.
    She tried to quit smoking several times but never succeeded.

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