剃发令 (剃髮令)
tì fà lìng
Pinyin

Definition

剃发令 (剃髮令)
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tì fà lìng
  1. the Qing order to all men to shave their heads but keep a queue, first ordered in 1646

Related Words (20)

Líng
  1. 1 see also: 令狐 Líng hú
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
tì tóu
  1. 1 to have one's head shaved
tì xū dāo
  1. 1 shaver
  2. 2 razor

Idioms (10)

三令五申
sān lìng wǔ shēn
  1. 1 to order again and again (idiom)
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
利令智昏
lì lìng zhì hūn
  1. 1 to lose one's head through material greed (idiom)
巧言令色
qiǎo yán lìng sè
  1. 1 to be glib in one's speech and wear an ingratiating expression (idiom)