Read Edit View history 禁欲 jìnyù asceticism Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 禁欲 (禁慾) jìnyù asceticism noun the practice of severe self-discipline and abstention from all forms of indulgence, often for religious purposes 中世纪的一些教派极端崇尚禁欲。 zhōngshìjì de yīxiē jiàopài jíduān chóngshàng jìnyù. Some medieval sects highly advocated asceticism. suppress desire noun to restrain or control one's natural, physical, or carnal desires 他试图通过禁欲来磨炼自己的意志。 tā shìtú tōngguò jìnyù lái móliàn zìjǐ de yìzhì. He tried to temper his will through asceticism. Frequency Movie subtitles 2.35 per million appears in 1% of films Written text 0.627 per million Sources Definitions CC-CEDICT Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
禁欲 (禁慾) jìnyù asceticism noun the practice of severe self-discipline and abstention from all forms of indulgence, often for religious purposes 中世纪的一些教派极端崇尚禁欲。 zhōngshìjì de yīxiē jiàopài jíduān chóngshàng jìnyù. Some medieval sects highly advocated asceticism. suppress desire noun to restrain or control one's natural, physical, or carnal desires 他试图通过禁欲来磨炼自己的意志。 tā shìtú tōngguò jìnyù lái móliàn zìjǐ de yìzhì. He tried to temper his will through asceticism. Frequency Movie subtitles 2.35 per million appears in 1% of films Written text 0.627 per million Sources Definitions CC-CEDICT Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)