太史令
tài shǐ lìng
Pinyin

Definition

太史令
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tài shǐ lìng
  1. grand scribe (official position in many Chinese states up to the Han)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

太
tài
  1. 1 highest
  2. 2 greatest
  3. 3 too (much)
  4. 4 very
  5. 5 extremely
令
Líng
  1. 1 see 令狐[Líng hú]
史
Shǐ
  1. 1 surname Shi
史上
shǐ shàng
  1. 1 in history
史前
shǐ qián
  1. 1 prehistory
命令
mìng lìng
  1. 1 order
  2. 2 command
  3. 3 CL:道[dào],個|个[gè]
太原
Tài yuán
  1. 1 Taiyuan prefecture level city and capital of Shanxi province 山西省 in central north China
太太
tài tai
  1. 1 married woman
  2. 2 Mrs.
  3. 3 Madam
  4. 4 wife
  5. 5 CL:個|个[gè],位[wèi]
太平
Tài píng
  1. 1 place name
太平洋
Tài píng Yáng
  1. 1 Pacific Ocean
太白
Tài bái
  1. 1 Taibai County in Baoji 寶雞|宝鸡[Bǎo jī], Shaanxi
  2. 2 Venus
太监
tài jiàn
  1. 1 court eunuch
  2. 2 palace eunuch
太空
tài kōng
  1. 1 outer space
太过
tài guò
  1. 1 excessively
  2. 2 too
太阳
tài yang
  1. 1 sun
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
  3. 3 abbr. for 太陽穴|太阳穴[tài yáng xué]
太阳穴
tài yáng xué
  1. 1 temple (on the sides of human head)
太阳能
tài yáng néng
  1. 1 solar energy
有史以来
yǒu shǐ yǐ lái
  1. 1 since the beginning of history
正太
zhèng tài
  1. 1 young, cute boy
  2. 2 derived from Japanese loanword shotacon 正太控[zhèng tài kòng]
历史
lì shǐ
  1. 1 history
  2. 2 CL:門|门[mén],段[duàn]

Idioms (19)

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
以史为鉴
yǐ shǐ wéi jiàn
  1. 1 to learn from history (idiom)
利令智昏
lì lìng zhì hūn
  1. 1 to lose one's head through material greed (idiom)
名垂青史
míng chuí qīng shǐ
  1. 1 lit. reputation will go down in history (idiom); fig. achievements will earn eternal glory
天下太平
tiān xià tài píng
  1. 1 the whole world at peace (idiom); peace and prosperity
太公钓鱼，愿者上钩
tài gōng diào yú , yuàn zhě shàng gōu
  1. 1 Jiang Ziya is fishing, if you want take the hook (idiom, refers to early sage 姜子牙 fishing with no bait and the hook above the water); to put one's head in the noose
太平盛世
tài píng shèng shì
  1. 1 peace and prosperity (idiom)
太阳从西边出来
tài yáng cóng xī biān chū lái
  1. 1 lit. the sun rises in the west (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. hell freezes over
  3. 3 pigs can fly
姜太公钓鱼，愿者上钩
Jiāng tài gōng diào yú , yuàn zhě shàng gōu
  1. 1 Jiang Ziya is fishing, if you want it, take the hook (idiom, refers to early sage 姜子牙 fishing with no bait and the hook above the water); to put one's head in the noose
巧言令色
qiǎo yán lìng sè
  1. 1 to be glib in one's speech and wear an ingratiating expression (idiom)
拿着鸡毛当令箭
ná zhe jī máo dàng lìng jiàn
  1. 1 to wave a chicken feather as a token of authority (idiom); to assume unwarranted authority on the basis of some pretext
朝令夕改
zhāo lìng xī gǎi
  1. 1 to make frequent or unpredictable changes in policy (idiom)
欺人太甚
qī rén tài shèn
  1. 1 to bully intolerably (idiom)
发号施令
fā hào shī lìng
  1. 1 to boss people around (idiom)
皇帝不急太监急
huáng dì bù jí tài jiàn jí
  1. 1 lit. the emperor is not worried, but his eunuchs are (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the observers are more anxious than the person involved
色令智昏
sè lìng zhì hūn
  1. 1 to lose one's head over lust
  2. 2 sex-crazy (idiom)
军令如山
jūn lìng rú shān
  1. 1 military orders are like mountains (idiom)
  2. 2 a military order must be obeyed

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