to guard against; to exhort; to admonish or warn; to give up or stop doing sth; Buddhist monastic discipline; ring (for a finger)

wedding ring

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien 托爾金|托尔金[Tuo1 er3 jin1]

to discipline; reprimand

diamond ring; CL:隻|只[zhi1]

see 豬八戒|猪八戒[Zhu1 Ba1 jie4]

the eight precepts (Buddhism)

to observe a religious fast; to abstain from food or certain activities before a ritual

(Buddhism) to initiate sb for monkhood or nunhood

to warn; to admonish

to try everything to avoid; to guard against

variant of 勸誡|劝诫[quan4 jie4]

to force sb to give up (a drug); to enforce abstinence; to break drug dependence

the ten commandments (religion)

signet ring

to take oaths as a monk (Buddhism); to take orders

variant of 告誡|告诫[gao4 jie4]

to end abstinence; to resume (drinking) after a break; to break (a taboo)

to go against the rules (of a religious order); to break a ban (e.g. medical)

to violate a religious precept; to smoke or drink after giving up

to abstain from; to prohibit (certain foods etc)

variant of 規誡|规诫[gui1 jie4]

variant of 訓誡|训诫[xun4 jie4]

lesson from events of the past; warning

Zhu Bajie, the pig character and second disciple of Tang Sanzang 唐三藏[Tang2 San1 zang4] in "Journey to the West" 西遊記|西游记[Xi1 you2 ji4]

to serve as a warning (idiom)

to take sth as a warning (idiom); to draw a lesson from a case where things turned out badly

don't blame the speaker, take note of his warning (idiom); an exhortation to speak one's mind without fear of reprisals, and with the expectation of being taken seriously