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违反

wéi fǎn

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 違反

违反 (wéi fǎn) means "to violate (a law/rule)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 违反 means

1. to violate (a law)

The characters in 违反

• 违wéito disobey; to violate; to separate
• 反fǎncontrary; in reverse; inside out or upside down

Example sentences

• 这违反规则。
  That's against the rules.
• 汤姆一向违反知识产权。
  Tom always violates copyright laws.
• 汤姆不知道他的所作所为违反了规则。
  Tāngmǔ bù zhīdào tā de suǒzuò-suǒwéi wéifǎn le guīzé.
  Tom didn't know that what he'd done was against the rules.
• 如果你违反了法律, 你将受到惩罚。
  You'll be punished if you break the law.
• 为了惩处累犯，约翰逊先生也创造了“二振出局”的政策，再次严重违反准则将永久失去免费旅行权利。
  Wèile chéngchǔ lěifàn, Yuēhànxùn xiānsheng yě chuàngzào le "èr zhèn chūjú " de zhèngcè, zàicì yánzhòng wéifǎn zhǔnzé jiāng yǒngjiǔ shīqù miǎnfèi lǚxíng quánlì.
  In order to deal with repeat offenders, Mr Johnson is also establishing a "two strikes and you're out" policy - serious breaches of the rules will result in permanent removal of free travel rights.
• 被判严重违反新的行为准则的青少年将失去免费乘坐公交车的权利，如果想重新取得必须做无报酬的社区工作。
  Bèi pàn yánzhòng wéifǎn xīn de xíngwéizhǔnzé de qīngshàonián jiāng shīqù miǎnfèi chéngzuò gōngjiāochē de quánlì, rúguǒ xiǎng chóngxīn qǔdé bìxū zuò wú bàochou de shèqū gōngzuò.
  Youths who are caught violating the new rules on behaviour will lose their right to free travel, and will have to complete unpaid community work to earn it back.

Words starting with 违反

• 违反宪法wéi fǎn xiàn fǎto violate the constitution

Where 违反 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Diplomacy, Violation & Flexibility (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
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