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禁区

jìn qū

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 禁區

禁区 (jìn qū) means "restricted area; forbidden region". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 禁区 means

1. restricted area; forbidden zone; off-limits area

The characters in 禁区

• 禁jìnto prohibit; to forbid
• 区qūarea; region; district

Example sentences

• 那一带是禁区。
  Nà yīdài shì jìnqū.
  That area's off-limits.
• 对方球员在禁区内组成一道防线，试图阻截梅西的射门。
  Duìfāng qiúyuán zài jìnqū nèi zǔchéng yīdào fángxiàn, shìtú zǔjié Méixī de shèmén.
  The opposition formed a line in the box to try and block Messi from scoring.

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