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HSK
order / command / CL: , 個|个
HSK 5
order / command / instruction
HSK 7-9
to order again and again (idiom)
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  *令* | 令* | *令
to order / to command / an order / warrant / writ / to cause / to make sth happen / virtuous / honorific title / season / government position (old) / type of short song or poem
HSK 5
to give an order; to issue an order
HSK 7-9
(old) (military) a command / an order
the Bering Strait (between Siberia and Alaska)
encouraging / heartening
commanding officer
HSK 7-9
Reiwa, Japanese era name, corresponding to the reign (2019-) of emperor Naruhito 德仁
signaling (engineering)
ringgit (Malaysian currency unit)
lit. orders are carried out and prohibitions are observed (idiom)fig. to execute every order without fail
executive order
to decree
wine-drinking game
oral command / a word of command (used in drilling troops or gymnasts) / password (used by sentry)
HSK 7-9
to order by force / peremptory
second in command
prohibition / ban
to lose one's head through material greed (idiom)
summer camp
HSK 7-9
to shock / to amaze
decree; ordinance
(expr.) hold the feudal overlord and you control the whole country
good name / reputation
(honorific) your mother
to cause one (to do sth) / to make one (angry, delighted etc)
starting pistol
(military) messenger / orderly
commander
unpleasant / objectionable
commander / officer in charge
tongue twister
(archaic) wooden or metal token of authority / (fig.) decree / directive / (computing) token
winter / winter climate
mobilization order
prohibition / ban on alcohol
to lose one's head over lust / sex-crazy (idiom)
to indulge / to give free rein / even if
admirable
even if / even though
to shout an order or command
martial law
command line (computing)
search warrant
prohibition / ban / law forbidding sth
old place name (in present-day Linyi County 臨猗縣|临猗县, Shanxi) / two-character surname Linghu
standard time (as opposed to daylight saving time 夏令時|夏令时)
secret instruction / secret order
headquarters / military command center
(idiom) to make one feel a sense of revulsion; abhorrent; heinous; deeply disturbing
(computing) instruction set
to order / to force
writ
season
your esteemed son (honorific)
your wife (honorific)
government decree
an order (esp. army) / bugle call expressing military order / verbal command
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  *令* | 令* | *令
used in 脊令 / used in 令狐 (Taiwan pr. [ling4])
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  *令* | 令* | *令
classifier for a ream of paper
to be in season / seasonal
lit. one general, one order (idiom) / fig. every boss has their own rules / everyone has their own way of doing things
satisfying / satisfactory
honorable little brother
decree to grant a special pardon
summer / summer weather
to issue an order
Your esteemed mother (honorific)
(loanword) shilling
Imperial order or edict (old)
to boss people around (idiom)
speech command (for computer speech recognition)
inspiring / exciting / rousing
Bering Sea
to obey orders
military order
county magistrate (during Tang to Qing times)
the First Emperor's order to expel foreigners / (fig.) notice to leave / words or behavior intended at turning visitors out
to be glib in one's speech and wear an ingratiating expression (idiom)
warrant (law)
an order / a command
to disobey / to go against orders
command line (computing) (Tw)
solar term; seasonal division (one of 24 periods in the traditional Chinese lunisolar calendar, governing agricultural timing and cultural festivals)
(expr.) hold the feudal overlord and you control his vassals
token ring
grand scribe (official position in many Chinese states up to the Han)
nasolabial fold / smile lines / laugh lines
to order / to force
to transmit an order
to order / to enjoin / to charge / to instruct sb to finish sth
Riesling (grape type)
the Qing order to all men to shave their heads but keep a queue, first ordered in 1646
tongue-twister
to follow your orders / roger! / yessir!
to ask sb to leave / to show sb the door / to give a tenant notice to leave
(courteous) your daughter

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