屢禁難止

See also: 屡禁难止

Chinese

		time and again	to prohibit; to forbid; endure	disaster; distress; to scold disaster; distress; to scold; difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good	to stop; prohibit; till
trad. (屢禁難止)		屢	禁	難	止
simp. (屡禁难止)		屡	禁	难	止

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǚjìnnánzhǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄩˇ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄋㄢˊ ㄓˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): leoi⁵ gam³ naan⁴ zi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǚjìnnánzhǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄩˇ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄋㄢˊ ㄓˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lyǔjìnnánjhǐh
    • Wade–Giles: lü³-chin⁴-nan²-chih³
    • Yale: lyǔ-jìn-nán-jř
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leujinnnanjyy
    • Palladius: люйцзиньнаньчжи (ljujczinʹnanʹčži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ly²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕin⁵¹ nän³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: leoi⁵ gam³ naan⁴ zi²
    • Yale: léuih gam nàahn jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loey⁵ gam³ naan⁴ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: lêu⁵ gem³ nan⁴ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɵy̯¹³ kɐm³³ naːn²¹ t͡siː³⁵/

Idiom

屢禁難止

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

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

   Wèihé fànzuì xíngwèi huì lǚjìnnánzhǐ? [Pinyin]

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

Synonyms

• (colloquial) 屢禁不止／屡禁不止 (lǚjìn-bùjué)
• (formal) 屢禁難絕／屡禁难绝 (lǚjìnnánjué)