剃发令 (剃髮令)
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Definition
剃发令 (剃髮令)
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- the Qing order to all men to shave their heads but keep a queue, first ordered in 1646
Character Decomposition
Idioms (10)
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)
巧言令色
- 1 to be glib in one's speech and wear an ingratiating expression (idiom)