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Chinese dictionary
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n.order; command; decree
命令
order
指令
command
口令
oral order
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- 2
v.order; command; decree
令各个学校切实执行此规定。
It is ordered that this rule be strictly carried out in every school.
电令各地立即执行。
Telegram all the places to act as ordered immediately.
团长令我们在拂晓前发起攻击。
The regimental commander ordered that we start the attack before dawn.
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- 3
n.season
时令
season
夏令
summer-weather; summertime
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- 4
v.cause; make; cause somebody to
令人鼓舞
encouraging
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- 5
n.ancient official title
太史令
imperial astronomer
- 6
n.drinking game; drinker's wager game
酒令
drinking game
- 7
n.ditty; short song or lyric verse set to a fixed tune; song poem; short lyric
小令
short lyric
- 8
adj.fmlgood; excellent
令德
virtue
令闻
good reputation
巧言令色
pleasing words and smooth manner
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- 9
respyour (used before certain relationship terms when referring to a member of a friend's family)
令尊
your father
令亲
your relation
令慈
your mother
Words and phrases with 令
- 令出法随[word]an issued order allows no disobedience
- 令嫒[word]now written as 令爱
- 令旗[word]flag of command
- 令室[word]your wife
- 令誉[word]good name
- 令德[word]excellent virtue
- 令阃[word]your wife
- 令人注目[word]compelling
- 令箭[word]an arrow-shaped token of authority
- 令人神往[idiom]be enchanting
- 令人作呕[idiom]make one sick
- 令人咋舌[idiom]make one speechless
- 令人捧腹[idiom]set people roaring with laughter
- 令人发指[idiom]get one's hackles up
- 令人痛心[idiom]cut one to the heart
- 令人起敬[idiom]fill one with respect
- 令人寒心[idiom]bitterly disappointing
- 令行禁止[idiom]any order will be carried out and any prohibition heeded―strict enforcement of orders and prohibitions
Word usage
- Note"令" is different from "家(jiā)". 1. "令" is a respectful expression; "家" is a self-deprecatory expression. 2. "令" is not restricted by seniority; "家" is only used for elders or those of the same generation who are older. 3. "令尊" and "令堂" (not "令父" or "令母") is used to call other's parents, and "家严", "家慈" or "家父" and "家母" is used for one's own parents.