令堂
lìng táng
Pinyin

Definition

令堂
 - 
lìng táng
  1. (honorific) your mother

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

令
Líng
  1. 1 see 令狐[Líng hú]
天堂
tiān táng
  1. 1 paradise
  2. 2 heaven
号令
hào lìng
  1. 1 an order (esp. army)
  2. 2 bugle call expressing military order
  3. 3 verbal command
下令
xià lìng
  1. 1 to give an order
  2. 2 to command
冠冕堂皇
guān miǎn táng huáng
  1. 1 high-sounding
  2. 2 dignified
  3. 3 pompous (idiom)
司令
sī lìng
  1. 1 commanding officer
同堂
tóng táng
  1. 1 to live under the same roof (of different generations)
名堂
míng tang
  1. 1 item (in a program of entertainments)
  2. 2 trick (act of mischief)
  3. 3 worthwhile result
  4. 4 accomplishment
  5. 5 sth significant but not immediately apparent
  6. 6 sth more than meets the eye
命令
mìng lìng
  1. 1 order
  2. 2 command
  3. 3 CL:道[dào],個|个[gè]
堂
táng
  1. 1 (main) hall
  2. 2 large room for a specific purpose
  3. 3 CL:間|间[jiān]
  4. 4 relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family
  5. 5 of the same clan
  6. 6 classifier for classes, lectures etc
  7. 7 classifier for sets of furniture
堂哥
táng gē
  1. 1 older male patrilineal cousin
堂堂
táng táng
  1. 1 grand
  2. 2 magnificent
  3. 3 stately
  4. 4 majestic appearance
堂妹
táng mèi
  1. 1 younger female patrilineal cousin
堂姐
táng jiě
  1. 1 older female patrilineal cousin
堂弟
táng dì
  1. 1 younger male patrilineal cousin
大堂
dà táng
  1. 1 lobby
学堂
xué táng
  1. 1 college
  2. 2 school (old)
厅堂
tīng táng
  1. 1 hall
弄堂
lòng táng
  1. 1 (dialect) alley
  2. 2 lane
指令
zhǐ lìng
  1. 1 order
  2. 2 command
  3. 3 instruction

Idioms (20)

三令五申
sān lìng wǔ shēn
  1. 1 to order again and again (idiom)
上有天堂，下有苏杭
shàng yǒu tiān táng , xià yǒu Sū Háng
  1. 1 lit. there is heaven above, and there is 蘇杭|苏杭[Sū Háng] below (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the beauty and affluence of Suzhou and Hangzhou is comparable with heaven
令人发指
lìng rén fà zhǐ
  1. 1 to make one's hair stand up in anger (idiom); to raise people's hackles
令行禁止
lìng xíng jìn zhǐ
  1. 1 lit. if he orders you go, he forbids you stop (idiom); fig. to demand exact compliance with instructions
  2. 2 to ensure strictly obedience
冠冕堂皇
guān miǎn táng huáng
  1. 1 high-sounding
  2. 2 dignified
  3. 3 pompous (idiom)
利令智昏
lì lìng zhì hūn
  1. 1 to lose one's head through material greed (idiom)
升堂入室
shēng táng rù shì
  1. 1 lit. to reach the main room and enter the chamber (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to gradually attain proficiency
  3. 3 to attain a higher level
哄堂大笑
hōng táng dà xiào
  1. 1 the whole room roaring with laughter (idiom)
四世同堂
sì shì tóng táng
  1. 1 four generations under one roof (idiom)
坐不垂堂
zuò bù chuí táng
  1. 1 lit. don't sit under the eaves (where tiles may fall from the roof) (idiom); fig. keep out of danger
家累千金，坐不垂堂
jiā lěi qiān jīn , zuò bù chuí táng
  1. 1 lit. a wealthy person does not sit under the eaves (idiom); fig. a rich man does not expose himself to danger
富丽堂皇
fù lì táng huáng
  1. 1 (of houses etc) sumptuous (idiom)
对簿公堂
duì bù gōng táng
  1. 1 public courtroom accusation (idiom)
  2. 2 legal confrontation
  3. 3 to take sb to court
  4. 4 to sue
巧言令色
qiǎo yán lìng sè
  1. 1 to be glib in one's speech and wear an ingratiating expression (idiom)
打退堂鼓
dǎ tuì táng gǔ
  1. 1 lit. to beat the return drum (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to give up
  3. 3 to turn tail
拿着鸡毛当令箭
ná zhe jī máo dàng lìng jiàn
  1. 1 to wave a chicken feather as a token of authority (idiom); to assume unwarranted authority on the basis of some pretext
朝令夕改
zhāo lìng xī gǎi
  1. 1 to make frequent or unpredictable changes in policy (idiom)
济济一堂
jǐ jǐ yī táng
  1. 1 to congregate in one hall (idiom); to gather under one roof
燕雀处堂
yàn què chù táng
  1. 1 lit. a caged bird in a pavilion (idiom); fig. to lose vigilance by comfortable living
  2. 2 unaware of the disasters ahead
  3. 3 a fool's paradise
登堂入室
dēng táng rù shì
  1. 1 from the main room, enter the inner chamber (idiom)
  2. 2 to go to the next level
  3. 3 to attain a higher level

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