1 see also: 令狐 Líng hú

1 an order (esp. army)

2 bugle call expressing military order

3 verbal command

1 to give an order

2 to command

1 to order

2 to force

1 oral command

2 a word of command (used in drilling troops or gymnasts)

3 password (used by sentry)

1 to order again and again (idiom)

1 to put into practice

2 to carry out (idiom)

1 to make one's hair stand up in anger (idiom); to raise people's hackles

1 lit. if he orders you go, he forbids you stop (idiom); fig. to demand exact compliance with instructions

2 to ensure strictly obedience

1 to go against the tide (idiom); to do things all wrong

2 to try to turn back history

3 a perverse way of doing things