令行禁止
lìng xíng jìn zhǐ
Pinyin
Definition
令行禁止
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- lit. if he orders you go, he forbids you stop (idiom); fig. to demand exact compliance with instructions
- to ensure strictly obedience
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 see also: 令狐 Líng hú
- 1 to rank
- 2 ranking
- 3 seniority (among siblings)
- 1 (of a contagious disease etc) to spread
- 2 to propagate
- 3 (of a style of clothing, song etc) popular
- 4 fashionable
- 1 row
- 2 line
- 3 commercial firm
- 4 line of business
- 5 profession
- 6 to rank (first, second etc) among one's siblings (by age)
- 7 (in data tables) row
- 8 (Tw) column
Idioms (20)
一意孤行
- 1 obstinately clinging to one's course (idiom)
- 2 willful
- 3 one's own way
- 4 dogmatic
一目十行
- 1 ten lines at a glance (idiom)
- 2 to read very rapidly
一言一行
- 1 every word and action (idiom)
三人行,必有我师
- 1 lit. if three walk together, one can be my teacher (idiom, from the Analects of Confucius)
- 2 you have sth to learn from everyone
三令五申
- 1 to order again and again (idiom)