下令
xià lìng
Pinyin
Definition
下令
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- to give an order
- to command
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 (used after a verb) give it a go
- 2 to do (sth for a bit to give it a try)
- 3 one time
- 4 once
- 5 in a while
- 6 all of a sudden
- 7 all at once
- 1 down
- 2 downwards
- 3 below
- 4 lower
- 5 later
- 6 next (week etc)
- 7 second (of two parts)
- 8 to decline
- 9 to go down
- 10 to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc)
- 11 measure word to show the frequency of an action
- 1 to download
- 2 also pr. [xià zài]
- 1 land under heaven
- 2 the whole world
- 3 the whole of China
- 4 realm
- 5 rule
Idioms (20)
三下两下
- 1 quickly and effortlessly (idiom)
三令五申
- 1 to order again and again (idiom)
上下其手
- 1 to raise and lower one's hand (idiom); to signal as conspiratorial hint
- 2 fig. conspiring to defraud
上有天堂,下有苏杭
- 1 lit. there is heaven above, and there is 蘇杭|苏杭[Sū Háng] below (idiom)
- 2 fig. the beauty and affluence of Suzhou and Hangzhou is comparable with heaven
上有政策,下有对策
- 1 The higher ups have policies while the lower downs have their own ways of getting around them. (idiom)
Sample Sentences
我们进食的时候,口腔内部会受到刺激,大脑就会下令分泌能帮助消化食物的唾液,其中又以酸的食物所产生的刺激最为强烈。
When we are eating, we get oral stimulation. Our brain would command the mouth to secrete saliva in order to help digest the food. Among which, sour food induces the most stimulation.