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HSK
order / command / CL: , 個|个
HSK 5
fate; destiny / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
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  *命* | 命* | *命
life / fate / order or command / to assign a name, title etc
HSK 6
proposition (logic, math.) / to assign an essay topic
HSK 7-9
to give a name to / to dub / to christen / to designate / named after / naming
HSK 7-9
hit rate / scoring rate
(TCM) the right kidney / (TCM) acupuncture point GV-4, midway between the kidneys / the region between the kidneys / the eyes / (fortune-telling) the temples / (fig.) most critical or vulnerable point
at death's door
nomenclature
to be predestined
to have a tough life / to meet much adversity in one's life
lifeline
the traditional Chinese study of fate and fortune, using methods such as birth-date analysis, physiognomy, name analysis, feng shui etc; fortune-telling based on these methods
homicide case / murder case
command line (computing)
decreed by fate (idiom) / destined / fated
to be at death's door (idiom)
lifeblood / the thing that one cherishes most in life / (coll.) family jewels (male genitals)
to be born under an ill star
the course of one's life / one's fate
see 命根
to be unlucky
command line (computing) (Tw)
system of nomenclature
to meet with many difficulties in one's life (idiom)
(medicine) in a critical condition
name day (tradition of celebrating a given name on a certain day of the year)
natal chart (astrology)
divination; divinatory art
propositional logic
lit. to return to the Yellow Springs 黃泉|黄泉 (idiom) / fig. to die / to meet one's end
lucky (to have escaped death or serious injury)
horoscope
imperative sentence
to visit the Yellow Springs / to die
to hit (a target)


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