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禁锢 (jìn gù): Confine (verb) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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禁锢 consists of 2 characters.

to forbid, to prohibit

run metal into cracks; confine

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Pinyinjìn gù

Meaningconfine, shackle

Characters2

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Syntaxverb

Word禁锢

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More HSK vocabulary that shares characters with 禁锢.

Words with 禁

禁止jìn zhǐHSK 4
不禁bù jīnHSK 6
严禁yán jìnHSK 6
禁区jìn qūHSK 7-9
禁忌jìn jìHSK 7-9
禁不住jīn bu zhùHSK 7-9
情不自禁qíng bú zì jīnHSK 7-9
囚禁qiú jìn

Words with 锢

锢疾gùjí
锢蔽gùbì
锢露gùlù

3.

Example Sentences with 禁锢

Jiù旧

sī思

xiǎng想

jìn禁

gù锢

le了

tā他

de的

tóu头

nǎo脑

。

Old ideas confined his mind.

Tā他

bèi被

jìn禁

gù锢

zài在

xiǎo小

xiǎo小

de的

fáng房

Fǎ法

lǜ律

bù不

néng能

jìn禁

gù锢

rén人

men们

de的

jiān

间

lǐ里

。

He was confined in a tiny room.

zì

自

yóu由

。

The law cannot shackle people's freedom.