令牌
lìng pái
Pinyin
Definition
令牌
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- (archaic) wooden or metal token of authority
- (fig.) decree
- directive
- (computing) token
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 see also: 令狐 Líng hú
- 1 brand name
- 2 trademark
- 1 to play mahjong or cards
- 1 an order (esp. army)
- 2 bugle call expressing military order
- 3 verbal command
Idioms (11)
三令五申
- 1 to order again and again (idiom)
令人发指
- 1 to make one's hair stand up in anger (idiom); to raise people's hackles
令行禁止
- 1 lit. if he orders you go, he forbids you stop (idiom); fig. to demand exact compliance with instructions
- 2 to ensure strictly obedience
利令智昏
- 1 to lose one's head through material greed (idiom)
又想当婊子又想立牌坊
- 1 lit. to lead the life of a whore but still want a monument put up to one's chastity (idiom)
- 2 fig. to have bad intentions but still want a good reputation
- 3 to want to have one's cake and eat it too