禁烟

禁煙
jìnyān
verb #25,784

Meanings

  1. 1 to ban smoking
  2. 2 to prohibit opium
  3. 3 no-smoking

Examples

HSK 4
Zhèlǐ shì jìnyān qū, qǐng búyào chōuyān.
This is a no-smoking area; please do not smoke.
HSK 7-9
Línzéxú shì jìndài Zhōngguó jìnyān yùndòng de dàibiǎo rénwù.
Lin Zexu was the leading figure of the anti-opium movement in modern China.

Tips

history
禁烟 historically referred to the prohibition of opium (鸦片). The 1839 destruction of British opium stocks at Humen led by 林则徐 was a landmark anti-opium event that precipitated the First Opium War.

Stroke Order

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