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)

tài
  1. 1 highest
  2. 2 greatest
  3. 3 too (much)
  4. 4 very
  5. 5 extremely
Líng
  1. 1 see also: 令狐 Líng hú
Shǐ
  1. 1 surname Shi
shǐ shàng
  1. 1 in history
shǐ qián
  1. 1 prehistory

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)