命令
mìng lìng
Pinyin
Definition
命令
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- order
- command
- CL:道[dào],個|个[gè]
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 see also: 令狐 Líng hú
- 1 life
- 2 fate
- 3 order or command
- 4 to assign a name, title etc
- 1 year of one's birth sign, according to the cycle of 12 animals of the earthly branches 地支[dì zhī]
Idioms (20)
一命呜呼
- 1 to die (idiom)
- 2 to breathe one's last
- 3 to give up the ghost
三令五申
- 1 to order again and again (idiom)
亡命之徒
- 1 runaway (idiom); desperate criminal
- 2 fugitive
人命关天
- 1 human life is beyond value (idiom)
令人发指
- 1 to make one's hair stand up in anger (idiom); to raise people's hackles
Sample Sentences
若干年后齐宣王过世,他的儿子齐愍王继承了王位。这位齐愍王和他爹一样也喜欢听人吹奏竽,不同的是,他喜欢听独奏。有天,他颁布了道命令,要求隔天让那三百位乐师逐一吹竽给他听。乐师们听闻命令都相当开心,大家都想要在君王面前大展身手,只有那位滥竽充数的南郭先生觉得非常心虚,十分焦虑。心想:”这可是欺君之罪,要杀头的啊!我还不得赶紧溜之大吉?”于是连忙收拾行李,有多远逃多远了。
Some years later, the King passed away and his son, the King Min, inherited the throne. The King was similar to his dad in that he also loved listening to the yu. The difference was that he preferred solo performances. One day, he enacted an order, asking the 300 musicians to play the yu for him one by one. The musicians were quite happy to hear this order since they all wanted to show their talent in front of the King. However, Nan Guo, who has been pretending to play the yu, felt very guilty and anxious about this order. He thought “This is a crime of deceiving the King, people are decapitated over this! I must escape right this moment!” So he urgently packed his luggage and fled as far as he could.
在距今大约两千三百多年前,战国时代齐国的一任国君齐宣王,特别喜欢听用竽吹奏出来的乐曲。齐宣王同时也是一位爱好排场的人,有天他命令手下替他高薪聘请了三百位擅长吹奏竽的乐师,组了一支大乐队,之后隔三差五就让这三百位乐师聚在一块儿合奏给他听。
Around two thousand three hundred years ago, during the Warring States Period, there was a king from the Qi State, King Xuan of the State of Qi, who adored listening to musical compositions by the yu. The King was also someone who loved extravagant scenes. One day, he set out an order to his men to hire 300 musicians that played the yu to form an orchestra. After this, he would have these 300 musicians play the yu for him as an ensemble every few days.
他竟然对着我们吆喝,还命令我们去做事。
How dare he boss us around, commanding us to do things.
在得到收队的命令后,大家准备赶回公安局。
After receiving the order to regroup, everyone prepared to return to the police station.
像命令一样。
It's like a command.
服从命令是军人的天职。
To obey orders is a soldier's bound duty.
三从”是-太太 命令 要 服从;太太 外出 要 跟从;太太 说错 要 盲从。"四德"是-太太 买 东西 要 舍得;太太 生日 要 记得;太太 发威 要 忍得;太太 未归 要 等得。
The ''three submissions" are: you need to obey your wife's orders; you need to follow your wife when she goes out; and you need to follow blindly when your wife says something wrong. The four virtues are: you need to buy whatever your wife wants; remember your wife's birthday; you need to buckle down and take it when your wife is in a rage; when your wife hasn't come back, you need to wait for her.
老大下的命令,让你见不到明天的太阳,你可别怪我们啊。
Orders from the boss. He wants to make sure you don't see the light of day tomorrow. Don't go blaming us now.