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禁区

jìnqū

“Restricted area” in Chinese is 禁区 (jìnqū).

Meaning

  • restricted area; forbidden zone; off-limits area

Example

对方球员在禁区内组成一道防线,试图阻截梅西的射门。

The opposition formed a line in the box to try and block Messi from scoring.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

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Not to be confused with: 进去 (jìnqù, to go in)