指令
zhǐ lìng
Pinyin

Definition

指令
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zhǐ lìng
  1. order
  2. command
  3. instruction

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

令
Líng
  1. 1 see also: 令狐 Líng hú
手指
shǒu zhǐ
  1. 1 finger
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè
  3. 3 classifier: 只 zhī
指
zhǐ
  1. 1 finger
  2. 2 to point at or to
  3. 3 to indicate or refer to
  4. 4 to depend on
  5. 5 to count on
  6. 6 (of hair) to stand on end
指数
zhǐ shù
  1. 1 (numerical, statistical) index
  2. 2 (math.) exponent
  3. 3 index
  4. 4 exponential (function, growth)
指甲
zhǐ jia
  1. 1 fingernail

Idioms (20)

一弹指顷
yī tán zhǐ qǐng
  1. 1 a snap of the fingers (idiom); in a flash
  2. 2 in the twinkling of an eye
三令五申
sān lìng wǔ shēn
  1. 1 to order again and again (idiom)
了如指掌
liǎo rú zhǐ zhǎng
  1. 1 to know sth like the back of one's hand (idiom)
  2. 2 to know (a person, a place etc) inside out
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

Sample Sentences

所以每次当我们吃进柠檬、梅子、酸菜等酸的食物的时候，大脑就会下达指令分泌大量的唾液。
suǒyǐ měicì dāng wǒmen chī jìn níngméng 、méizi 、suāncài děng suān de shíwù de shíhou ，dànǎo jiù huì xiàdá zhǐlìng fēnmì dàliàng de tuòyè 。
As a result, when we are eating lemon, plum, pickled cabbage or other sorts of sour food, our brain would give orders to secrete a big amount of saliva.
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我也真是纳了闷了，结果，笨成这样了，他还恬不知耻地反过来数落我的指令有问题，真是太不靠谱。
wǒ yě zhēn shì nà le mēn le ，jiéguǒ ，bèn chéng zhèyàng le ，tā hái tiánbùzhīchǐ de fǎnguòlái shǔluò wǒ de zhǐlǐng yǒu wèntí ，zhēn shì tài bù kàopǔ 。
I'm as puzzled as you are. So in the end, with him being so stupid, he had the cheek to turn it around and go on about how it was a problem with my instructions. He really is a liability.
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