发号施令
fā hào shī lìng
Pinyin

Definition

发号施令
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fā hào shī lìng
  1. to boss people around (idiom)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

令
Líng
  1. 1 see 令狐[Líng hú]
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
勒令
lè lìng
  1. 1 to order
  2. 2 to force
口令
kǒu lìng
  1. 1 oral command
  2. 2 a word of command (used in drilling troops or gymnasts)
  3. 3 password (used by sentry)
司令
sī lìng
  1. 1 commanding officer
司令部
sī lìng bù
  1. 1 headquarters
  2. 2 military command center
命令
mìng lìng
  1. 1 order
  2. 2 command
  3. 3 CL:道[dào],個|个[gè]
实施
shí shī
  1. 1 to implement
  2. 2 to carry out
布施
bù shī
  1. 1 Dana (Buddhist practice of giving)
恩施
Ēn shī
  1. 1 Enshi prefecture-level city in southwest Hubei, capital of Enshi Tujia and Miao autonomous prefecture 恩施土家族苗族自治州
指令
zhǐ lìng
  1. 1 order
  2. 2 command
  3. 3 instruction
措施
cuò shī
  1. 1 measure
  2. 2 step
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
施
Shī
  1. 1 surname Shi
施主
shī zhǔ
  1. 1 benefactor (term used by a monk to address a layperson)
  2. 2 donor (semiconductor)
施加
shī jiā
  1. 1 to exert (effort or pressure)
施压
shī yā
  1. 1 to pressure
施展
shī zhǎn
  1. 1 to use fully
  2. 2 to put to use
施工
shī gōng
  1. 1 construction
  2. 2 to carry out construction or large-scale repairs
施舍
shī shě
  1. 1 to give in charity
  2. 2 to give alms (to the poor)

Idioms (20)

三令五申
sān lìng wǔ shēn
  1. 1 to order again and again (idiom)
付诸实施
fù zhū shí shī
  1. 1 to put into practice
  2. 2 to carry out (idiom)
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
倒行逆施
dào xíng nì shī
  1. 1 to go against the tide (idiom); to do things all wrong
  2. 2 to try to turn back history
  3. 3 a perverse way of doing things
利令智昏
lì lìng zhì hūn
  1. 1 to lose one's head through material greed (idiom)
因材施教
yīn cái shī jiào
  1. 1 (idiom) to teach in line with the student's ability
巧言令色
qiǎo yán lìng sè
  1. 1 to be glib in one's speech and wear an ingratiating expression (idiom)
己所不欲，勿施于人
jǐ suǒ bù yù , wù shī yú rén
  1. 1 What you don't want done to you, don't do to others. (idiom, from the Confucian analects)
  2. 2 Do as you would be done by.
  3. 3 Do not do to others what you would not have them do to you.
恩威兼施
ēn wēi jiān shī
  1. 1 to employ both kindness and severity (idiom)
情人眼里出西施
qíng rén yǎn lǐ chū Xī shī
  1. 1 lit. in the eyes of a lover appears 西施[Xī shī] (idiom); fig. beauty is in the eye of the beholder
情人眼里有西施
qíng rén yǎn lǐ yǒu Xī shī
  1. 1 In the eyes of the lover, a famous beauty (idiom). Beauty in the eye of the beholder
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
施粥舍饭
shī zhōu shě fàn
  1. 1 to provide alms and rice (idiom)
朝令夕改
zhāo lìng xī gǎi
  1. 1 to make frequent or unpredictable changes in policy (idiom)
东施效颦
Dōng Shī xiào pín
  1. 1 lit. Dong Shi imitates Xi Shi's frown (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to mimick sb's idiosyncrasies but make a fool of oneself
无计可施
wú jì kě shī
  1. 1 no strategy left to try (idiom); at one's wit's end
  2. 2 at the end of one's tether
  3. 3 powerless
发号施令
fā hào shī lìng
  1. 1 to boss people around (idiom)
色令智昏
sè lìng zhì hūn
  1. 1 to lose one's head over lust
  2. 2 sex-crazy (idiom)
见之实施
jiàn zhī shí shī
  1. 1 to put into effect (idiom)

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