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命
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Chinese dictionary
- 1
n.life-span; life
救人一命
save a life
他算是捡回了一条命。
He is considered to recover a life.
死于非命
die of violence or accident
- 2
n.destiny; fate; lot; fortune
命好
be born under a lucky star
苦命
hard lot
算命
tell somebody's fortune
- 3
v.command; order; instruction
待命
await orders
命驾
order your carriage
命令
order
- 4
v.assign (a name, title, etc.)
命意
assign a theme
命题
assign a topic
命名
give a name
Words and phrases with 命
- 命数已尽[word]One's hour has struck.
- 命中偏差[word]deviation of impact
- 命薄[word]born under an unlucky star
- 命令处理[word]command processing
- 命官[word]official appointed by imperial court
- 命令主义[word]commandism
- 命薄如纸[word]brevity of life
- 命数法[word]numeration
- 命名法[word]nomenclature
- 命薄如花[idiom]one's life is as brief as a flower
- 命在旦夕[idiom]Death may come any minute.
- 命俦啸侣[idiom]call one's companions and intimate friends
- 命蹇时乖[idiom]The time and fates are against someone.
- 命该如此[idiom]Fate would have it so.
- 命中注定[idiom]be fated to do something
- 命不该绝[idiom]not be destined to die
- 命世之才[idiom]a born talent
- 命若悬丝[idiom]be at death's door
Word usage
- common measure word"命" is often matched with measure word "条".
一条命
one life