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制裁

zhì cái

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

制裁 (zhì cái) means "to punish; punishment; sanctions (incl. economic)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 制裁 means

1. to punish
2. punishment
3. sanctions (incl. economic)

The characters in 制裁

• 制zhìsystem; to control; to regulate
• 裁cáito cut out (as a dress); to cut; to trim

Example sentences

• 巴西最高法院大法官亚历山大德莫赖斯因涉嫌在针对雅伊尔博索纳罗的案件中侵犯人权 (例如审查和任意拘留)，而受到《全球马格尼茨基人权问责法》的制裁。这些制裁引发了美国和巴西之间的外交和经济紧张局势。
  Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes was sanctioned under the Global Magnitsky Act for alleged rights violations, such as censorship and arbitrary detention, in the case against Jair Bolsonaro. The sanctions have sparked diplomatic and economic tensions between the US and Brazil.

Words containing 制裁

• 法律制裁fǎ lǜ zhì cáilegal sanction; prescribed punishment; punishable by law
• 经济制裁jīng jì zhì cáieconomic sanctions

Where 制裁 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · zhì (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
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