从命 (從命) cóngmìng
cóngmìng
verb
to obey an order; to comply; to do somebody's bidding; to do as requested
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '從命')
Contained in
- 恭敬不如从命(恭敬不如從命) deference is no substitute for obedience
- 碍难从命(礙難從命) difficult to obey orders; much to my embarrassment, I am unable to comply
- 敢不从命(敢不從命) to not dare to disobey an order
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 子道篇第二十九 Chapter 29: The Way of the Son Xunzi 荀子 — count: 5
- 臣道篇第十三 Chapter 13: The Way of the Statesman Xunzi 荀子 — count: 3
- 卷七十七 列傳第四十七 陸曄 何充 褚翜 蔡謨 諸葛恢 殷浩 Volume 77 Biographies 47: Lu Ye; He Chong; Chu Se; Cai Mo; Zhuge Hui; Yin Hao Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 2
- 第六十八回 Chapter 68 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 2
- 卷一百十五 志第六十八 禮十八 Volume 115 Treatises 68: Rites 18 History of Song 宋史 — count: 2
- 卷一百七十七 列傳第一百二十七: 崔慎由 崔珙 盧鈞 裴休 楊收 韋保衡 路巖 夏侯孜 劉瞻 劉瑑 曹確 畢諴 杜審權 劉鄴 豆盧瑑 Volume 177 Biographies 127: Cui Shenyou, Cui Gong, Lu Jun, Pei Xiu, Yang Shou, Wei Baoheng, Lu Yan, Xiao Houzi, Liu Zhan, Liu Zhuan, Cao Que, Bi Xian, Du Shenquan, Liu Ye, Dou Luzhan Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 2
- 卷二 臣術 Chapter 2: The Art of the Statesman Garden of Stories 說苑 — count: 2
- 卷42 列傳第7 李德林 Volume 42 Biographies 7: Li Delin Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 2
- 卷五十四 吳書九 周瑜魯肅呂蒙傳 Volume 54: Book of Wu 9 - Biographies of Zhou Yu, Lu Su, and Lü Meng Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 2
- 第二回 Chapter 66 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 2
Collocations
- 等从命 (等從命) 顗等從命 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷九十六 列傳第六十六 列女 Volume 96 Biographies 66: Exemplary Women — count: 4
- 不敢从命 (不敢從命) 故不敢從命 — Old History of the Five Dynasties 舊五代史, 卷一 梁書1: 太祖本紀一 Volume 1 Book of Later Liang 1: Taizu Annals 1 — count: 3
- 敢从命 (敢從命) 乃敢從命 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷十三 隗囂公孫述列傳 Volume 13: Biographies of Wei Xiao; Gongsun Shu — count: 3
- 难从命 (難從命) 實難從命 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第六十二回 Chapter 62 — count: 2
- 夤从命 (夤從命) 寶夤從命 — Book of Wei 魏書, 卷59 劉昶 蕭寶夤 蕭正表 Volume 59: Liu Chang, Xiao Baoyin, Xiao Zhengbiao — count: 2
- 咸从命 (鹹從命) 於是衆咸從命 — Book of Zhou 周書, 卷21 列傳第13 尉遲迥 王謙 司馬消難 Volume 21 Biographies 13: Wei Chijiong; Wang Qian; Sima Xiaonan — count: 2
- 偻从命 (僂從命) 元逵俯僂從命 — Old Book of Tang 舊唐書, 卷一百七十三 列傳第一百二十三: 鄭覃 陳夷行 李紳 吳汝納 李回 李珏 李固言 Volume 173 Biographies 123: Zheng Tan, Chen Yixing, Li Shen, Wu Runa, Li Hui, Li Jue, Li Guyan — count: 2
- 愿从命 (願從命) 某固願從命 — History of Song 宋史, 卷一百十五 志第六十八 禮十八 Volume 115 Treatises 68: Rites 18 — count: 2
- 民从命 (民從命) 賢人福至民從命 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷二 魏書二 文帝紀 Volume 2: Book of Wei 2 - Annals of Emperor Wen — count: 2