令堂
lìng táng
Pinyin

Definition

令堂
 - 
lìng táng
  1. (honorific) your mother

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

Líng
  1. 1 see also: 令狐 Líng hú
tiān táng
  1. 1 paradise
  2. 2 heaven
hào lìng
  1. 1 an order (esp. army)
  2. 2 bugle call expressing military order
  3. 3 verbal command
xià lìng
  1. 1 to give an order
  2. 2 to command
guān miǎn táng huáng
  1. 1 high-sounding
  2. 2 dignified
  3. 3 pompous (idiom)

Idioms (20)

三令五申
sān lìng wǔ shēn
  1. 1 to order again and again (idiom)
上有天堂,下有苏杭
shàng yǒu tiān táng , xià yǒu Sū Háng
  1. 1 lit. there is heaven above, and there is 蘇杭|苏杭[Sū Háng] below (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the beauty and affluence of Suzhou and Hangzhou is comparable with heaven
令人发指
lìng rén fà zhǐ
  1. 1 to make one's hair stand up in anger (idiom); to raise people's hackles
令行禁止
lìng xíng jìn zhǐ
  1. 1 lit. if he orders you go, he forbids you stop (idiom); fig. to demand exact compliance with instructions
  2. 2 to ensure strictly obedience
冠冕堂皇
guān miǎn táng huáng
  1. 1 high-sounding
  2. 2 dignified
  3. 3 pompous (idiom)