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忌口

jì kǒu

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

忌口 (jì kǒu) means "abstain from certain food (as when ill); avoid certain foods; be on a diet". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 忌口 means

1. abstain from certain food (as when ill)
2. avoid certain foods
3. be on a diet

The characters in 忌口

• 忌jìto be jealous of; fear; dread
• 口kǒumouth; classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc)…

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