命案
mìng àn
Pinyin

Definition

命案
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mìng àn
  1. homicide case
  2. murder case

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

命
mìng
  1. 1 life
  2. 2 fate
  3. 3 order or command
  4. 4 to assign a name, title etc
命运
mìng yùn
  1. 1 fate
  2. 2 destiny
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
本命年
běn mìng nián
  1. 1 year of one's birth sign, according to the cycle of 12 animals of the earthly branches 地支[dì zhī]
案
àn
  1. 1 (legal) case
  2. 2 incident
  3. 3 record
  4. 4 file
  5. 5 table
生命
shēng mìng
  1. 1 life (as the characteristic of living beings)
  2. 2 living being
  3. 3 creature
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè],條|条[tiáo]
答案
dá àn
  1. 1 answer
  2. 2 solution
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
革命
gé mìng
  1. 1 revolution
  2. 2 revolutionary (politics)
  3. 3 CL:次[cì]
人命
rén mìng
  1. 1 human life
  2. 2 CL:條|条[tiáo]
作案
zuò àn
  1. 1 to commit a crime
使命
shǐ mìng
  1. 1 mission
  2. 2 long-term task to which one devotes oneself
  3. 3 a calling
偿命
cháng mìng
  1. 1 to pay with one's life
半条命
bàn tiáo mìng
  1. 1 half a life
  2. 2 only half alive
  3. 3 barely alive
  4. 4 (scared, beaten etc) half to death
命中
mìng zhòng
  1. 1 to hit (a target)
命令
mìng lìng
  1. 1 order
  2. 2 command
  3. 3 CL:道[dào],個|个[gè]
命名
mìng míng
  1. 1 to give a name to
  2. 2 to dub
  3. 3 to christen
  4. 4 to designate
  5. 5 named after
  6. 6 naming
命苦
mìng kǔ
  1. 1 to be born under an ill star
命题
mìng tí
  1. 1 proposition (logic, math.)
  2. 2 to assign an essay topic
图案
tú àn
  1. 1 design
  2. 2 pattern
寿命
shòu mìng
  1. 1 life span
  2. 2 life expectancy
  3. 3 lifetime (of a machine)
天命
Tiān mìng
  1. 1 Mandate of Heaven
  2. 2 destiny
  3. 3 fate
  4. 4 one's life span

Idioms (20)

一命呜呼
yī mìng wū hū
  1. 1 to die (idiom)
  2. 2 to breathe one's last
  3. 3 to give up the ghost
亡命之徒
wáng mìng zhī tú
  1. 1 runaway (idiom); desperate criminal
  2. 2 fugitive
人命关天
rén mìng guān tiān
  1. 1 human life is beyond value (idiom)
命中注定
mìng zhōng zhù dìng
  1. 1 decreed by fate (idiom)
  2. 2 destined
  3. 3 fated
命在旦夕
mìng zài dàn xī
  1. 1 to be at death's door (idiom)
命归黄泉
mìng guī Huáng quán
  1. 1 lit. to return to the Yellow Springs 黃泉|黄泉[Huáng quán] (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to die
  3. 3 to meet one's end
命途多舛
mìng tú duō chuǎn
  1. 1 to meet with many difficulties in one's life (idiom)
嗜酒如命
shì jiǔ rú mìng
  1. 1 to love wine as one's life (idiom); fond of the bottle
堆案盈几
duī àn yíng jī
  1. 1 lit. piles of work and papers (idiom); fig. accumulated backlog of work
恭敬不如从命
gōng jìng bù rú cóng mìng
  1. 1 deference is no substitute for obedience (idiom)
  2. 2 (said to accept sb's request, invitation etc)
爱财如命
ài cái rú mìng
  1. 1 lit. to love money as much as one's own life (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. avaricious
  3. 3 tightfisted
拍案叫绝
pāi àn jiào jué
  1. 1 lit. slap the table and shout with praise (idiom); fig. wonderful!
  2. 2 amazing!
  3. 3 great!
拍案而起
pāi àn ér qǐ
  1. 1 lit. to slap the table and stand up (idiom); fig. at the end of one's tether
  2. 2 unable to take it any more
拍案惊奇
pāi àn jīng qí
  1. 1 to slap the table in amazement (idiom); wonderful!
  2. 2 amazing!
救人一命胜造七级浮屠
jiù rén yī mìng shèng zào qī jí fú tú
  1. 1 saving a life is more meritorious than building a seven-floor pagoda (idiom)
敢不从命
gǎn bù cóng mìng
  1. 1 to not dare to disobey an order (idiom)
时乖命蹇
shí guāi mìng jiǎn
  1. 1 bad times, adverse fate (idiom)
案兵束甲
àn bīng shù jiǎ
  1. 1 to rest weapons and loosen armor (idiom); to relax from fighting
案甲休兵
àn jiǎ xiū bīng
  1. 1 to put down weapon and let soldiers rest (idiom); to relax from fighting
死于非命
sǐ yú fēi mìng
  1. 1 violent death (idiom); to die in a disaster
  2. 2 an unnatural death

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