厲禁

厲禁

1. (literary) to deploy guards and restrict entry and exit

   • 掌帥四翟之隸，使之皆服其邦之服，執其邦之兵，守王宮與野舍之厲禁。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     掌帅四翟之隶，使之皆服其邦之服，执其邦之兵，守王宫与野舍之厉禁。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Rites of Zhou, circa 3^rd century BCE

     Zhǎng shuài sì zhái zhī lì, shǐ zhī jiē fú qí bāng zhī fú, zhí qí bāng zhī bīng, shǒu wánggōng yǔ yěshè zhī lìjìn. [Pinyin]

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2. (literary) to prohibit; to strictly forbid

   • 雖歲貢銀三十萬兩有奇，而民間交易用銀，仍有厲禁。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     虽岁贡银三十万两有奇，而民间交易用银，仍有厉禁。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: 17^th-18^th century, History of Ming

     Suī suìgòng yín sānshí wàn liǎng yǒuqí, ér mínjiān jiāoyì yòng yín, réng yǒu lìjìn. [Pinyin]

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