Jyutping: gaai3
Radical: 戈
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It refers to the lessons of past mistakes being used as an alert, to avoid repetition; take warning
abstain from certain food while sick
stop feeding on milk (babies growing up into a child)
to give up gambling
prohibition against taking life
taboo; restrictions
a drug rehabilitation centre [written and colloquial]
young and immature [colloquial]
go on a killing spree
martial law
to discipline
vigilance
ring
Lord of the Rings
eliminate
guard
alert
strictly guarded
to fast and take a purificatory bath (before performing rituals)
drug rehabilitation
precepts
martial law order
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