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诫
誡
jiè
1. commandment
2. to prohibit
Common • Top 12%

Character Breakdown (Single character)

诫
jiè
to warn, to admonish; warning
HSK 6 9 丶

Compound Words (9)

劝诫
quànjiè
to exhort
十诫
shíjiè
ten commandments
告诫
gàojiè
to warn
HSK 6
规诫
guījiè
to warn (against some book)
训诫
xùnjiè
to reprimand
诫命
jièmìng
commandment
警诫
jǐngjiè
variant of [[警戒<jǐngjiè>]]
小惩大诫
xiǎochéngdàjiè
lit. to punish a little to prevent a lot (idiom); to criticize former mistakes firmly to prevent large scale repetition
谆谆告诫
zhūnzhūngàojiè
to repeatedly advise sb earnestly (idiom)

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
2,769
Word Frequency Rank
10,264 of 84,292

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