<p>濫用 is only one of many aspects of abuse. Abuse is inappropriate way to use something. When you get the meaning, you are free from fixed expressions. Say, 愛用宜守規，違者得限制。</p>

CC BY-SA 3.0
2017-06-24T11:33:11.313Z
That’s a pretty neat way of saying it. My interpretation: “proper use appreciated; abusers lead to limitations.” Like Teddy Roosevelt said: “speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.”
Kevin Li
CC BY-SA 3.0
2017-06-24T04:50:32.977Z
2017-06-24T04:50:32.977Z
OmniBus
<p>How about:<br>
Abuse it you lose it.
滥用失去。</p>

<p>No takers for rule breakers.
犯了规不会</p>

CC BY-SA 3.0
2017-06-24T23:07:16.893Z
2017-06-24T23:07:16.893Z
Pedroski
<p>My Google-fu and Cantonese brain selected these translations for “frequent abuse leads to restrictions”/“you abuse it, you lose it”:</p>

<ul>
<li>濫用多就邀請限制 (lànyòng duō jiù yāoqǐng xiànzhì) <em>frequent abuse invites restrictions</em></li>
<li>濫用請對策 (lànyòng qǐng duìcè) <em>abuse leads to countermeasures</em></li>
</ul>

<p>(Basically, I try to find the combination of words that gives the most hits on Google and makes sense to me, a Cantonese speaker.)</p>

<p>It’s supposed to come off in an admonishing/I-told-you-so kind of way. The idea is that frequent abuse has motivated the establishment of stricter measures (like a child taking too often from the cookie jar, resulting in the jar going under lock and key).</p>

<p>Is there a an equivalent with more brevity? An equivalent that is more standard? I get a lot of characters for translations from English, but I don’t really have a good grasp of the nuances.</p>

CC BY-SA 3.0
2017-06-24T04:01:15.177Z
常濫用會導致限制。濫用導致限制。Because it is abused too frequently, it will be restricted to avoid the abuse.
young99
CC BY-SA 3.0
2017-06-24T10:10:00.297Z
過度濫用權利, 權利就會受限制 you can replace 權利 with 特權 or 權益
Tang Ho
CC BY-SA 3.0
2017-06-24T11:40:05.763Z
How many ways of saying *abuse* (noun) are there? There must be a case that applies best to *abuse of privileges* (the kind that a regular person gets—such as a child from a parent—not a government official or company executive).
Kevin Li
CC BY-SA 3.0
2017-06-24T12:14:50.613Z
You may use 不知節制就會導致限制。
young99
CC BY-SA 3.0
2017-06-30T07:58:34.137Z
There is a proverb: 多行不义必自毙
Harry Summer
<translation><vocabulary>
Best translation for: “Frequent abuse leads to restrictions”?
# Best translation for: “Frequent abuse leads to restrictions”?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-06-24)

My Google-fu and Cantonese brain selected these translations for “frequent abuse leads to restrictions”/“you abuse it, you lose it”:

* 濫用多就邀請限制 (lànyòng duō jiù yāoqǐng xiànzhì) *frequent abuse invites restrictions*
* 濫用請對策 (lànyòng qǐng duìcè) *abuse leads to countermeasures*

(Basically, I try to find the combination of words that gives the most hits on Google and makes sense to me, a Cantonese speaker.)

It’s supposed to come off in an admonishing/I-told-you-so kind of way. The idea is that frequent abuse has motivated the establishment of stricter measures (like a child taking too often from the cookie jar, resulting in the jar going under lock and key).

Is there a an equivalent with more brevity? An equivalent that is more standard? I get a lot of characters for translations from English, but I don’t really have a good grasp of the nuances.

**Tags:** translation, vocabulary

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: 常濫用會導致限制。濫用導致限制。Because it is abused too frequently, it will be restricted to avoid the abuse.  
> **username_2**: 過度濫用權利, 權利就會受限制 you can replace 權利 with 特權 or 權益  
> **username_0**: How many ways of saying *abuse* (noun) are there? There must be a case that applies best to *abuse of privileges* (the kind that a regular person gets—such as a child from a parent—not a government official or company executive).  
> **username_1**: You may use 不知節制就會導致限制。  
> **username_3**: There is a proverb: 多行不义必自毙  

---

## 2 answers

### Answer by username_4 on 2017-06-24. Score: 1

濫用 is only one of many aspects of abuse. Abuse is inappropriate way to use something. When you get the meaning, you are free from fixed expressions. Say, 愛用宜守規，違者得限制。

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: That’s a pretty neat way of saying it. My interpretation: “proper use appreciated; abusers lead to limitations.” Like Teddy Roosevelt said: “speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.”  

---

### Answer by username_5 on 2017-06-24. Score: 0

How about:  
Abuse it you lose it.
滥用失去。

No takers for rule breakers.
犯了规不会


---

