明令
míng lìng
Pinyin

Definition

明令
 - 
míng lìng
  1. to decree

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

令
Líng
  1. 1 see also: 令狐 Líng hú
明天
míng tiān
  1. 1 tomorrow
明明
míng míng
  1. 1 obviously
  2. 2 plainly
  3. 3 undoubtedly
  4. 4 definitely
明星
míng xīng
  1. 1 star
  2. 2 celebrity
明白
míng bai
  1. 1 clear
  2. 2 obvious
  3. 3 unequivocal
  4. 4 to understand
  5. 5 to realize

Idioms (20)

三令五申
sān lìng wǔ shēn
  1. 1 to order again and again (idiom)
不明事理
bù míng shì lǐ
  1. 1 not understanding things (idiom); devoid of sense
不言自明
bù yán zì míng
  1. 1 self-evident; needing no explanation (idiom)
不说自明
bù shuō zì míng
  1. 1 self-explanatory
  2. 2 self-evident (idiom)
事后聪明
shì hòu cōng ming
  1. 1 wise after the event (idiom); with hindsight, one should have predicted it

Sample Sentences

代孕？国内卫生部明令禁止的啊！怎么能做呢？
dàiyùn ？guónèi wèishēngbù mínglìng jìnzhǐ de ā ！zěnme néng zuò ne ？
Surrogacy? It's been banned by the Department of Health! So how did you manage to do it?
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这不是蚂蚁搬家嘛，多累人！而且中国已经明令禁止从疫区国家进口禽类食品了。真搞不懂你为什么一定要蹭这碗粥。
zhè bù shì mǎyǐ bānjiā ma ，duō lèi rén ！érqiě Zhōngguó yǐjīng mínglìng jìnzhǐ cóng yìqū guójiā jìnkǒu qínlèi shípǐn le 。zhēn gǎobudǒng nǐ wèishénme yīdìng yào cèng zhè wǎn zhōu 。
Isn't that like an ant moving house? It's so tiring! And China has already clearly forbidden importing poultry products from diseased areas. I just don't understand why you are so bent on getting a piece of this action.
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