1 see also: 令狐 Líng hú

1 system (e.g. political, adminstrative etc)

2 institution

3 classifier: 个 gè

1 system for identifying users (on a rail network, the Internet etc)

1 control

2 to exercise control over

3 to contain

1 to endure

1 to order again and again (idiom)

1 to make one's hair stand up in anger (idiom); to raise people's hackles

1 lit. if he orders you go, he forbids you stop (idiom); fig. to demand exact compliance with instructions

2 to ensure strictly obedience

1 to use foreigners to subdue foreigners (idiom); let the barbarians fight it out among themselves (traditional policy of successive dynasties)

2 Use Western science and technology to counter imperialist encroachment. (late Qing modernizing slogan)

1 to gain the initiative by striking first (idiom); to preempt

2 to anticipate

3 preemptive