命 mìng
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mìng
noun
life
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: For example, 爱财不爱命 'to love wealth more than life' (CC-CEDICT '命'; Guoyu '命' n 1; Suyu, p. 3; Unihan '命') -
mìng
verb
to order
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 差遣 or 下命令 (CC-CEDICT '命'; Guoyu '命' v 1; Kroll 2015 '命' 1, p. 311) -
mìng
noun
destiny; fate; luck
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: A Confucian and general Chinese belief (CC-CEDICT '命'; Guoyu '命' n 2; Kroll 2015 '命' 3a, p. 311; Unihan '命'; Yao 2000, p. 26) -
mìng
noun
an order; a command
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '命'; Guoyu '命' n 3; ; Kroll 2015 '命' 1a, p. 311; Unihan '命') -
mìng
verb
to name; to assign
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 取定; for example, 命名 'to give a name' (Guoyu '命' v 2; Kroll 2015 '命' 2, p. 311) -
mìng
noun
livelihood
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
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mìng
noun
advice
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '命' 1b, p. 311) -
mìng
verb
to confer a title
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '命' 2a, p. 311) -
mìng
noun
lifespan
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '命' 3, p. 311) -
mìng
verb
to think
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 以为 (Guoyu '命' v 3)
Contained in
- 乐天知命(樂天知命) to be content with what one is
- 临危授命(臨危授命) to sacrifice one's life in a crisis
- 命与之相连(命與之相連) their lives are intervowen
- 寒武纪生命大爆发(寒武紀生命大爆發) the Cambrian explosion
- 借命 to live out a pointless existence
- 冒生命危险(冒生命危險) to risk one's life
- 顺命(順命) to obey a command ; to follow the Mandate of Heaven
- 安非他命 amphetamine
- 命妇(命婦) nobles; titled nobility
- 革命 a revolution ; to rebel; to revolt
- 一钱如命(一錢如命) stingy; penny-pinching
- 命蹇 bad luck
- 命题逻辑(命題邏輯) propositional logic
- 陨命(隕命) to die; to perish
- 相命者 fortune teller
- 薄命 to be born under an unlucky star; to be born unlucky
- 生命周期(生命週期) lifecycle
- 同命 same fate
- 命理 fate; predestination; divinatory art
- 用命 to follow orders; to abide by; to obey
- 殒命(殞命) to die; to perish
- 知命安身 to know one's fate and submit to it
- 乐天安命(樂天安命) be happy with the will of heaven and contented with life
- 生命体征(生命體徵) vital signs
- 玩儿命(玩兒命) to gamble with life; to take reckless risks
- 革命要依靠人民群众(革命要依靠人民群眾) the revolution must rely on the masses
- 拼命 to do one's utmost
- 申命记(申命記) Book of Deuteronomy; Fifth Book of Moses
- 算命家 fortune-teller
- 敢不从命(敢不從命) to not dare to disobey an order
- 候命 to await orders; to be on call
- 性质命题(性質命題) categorical proposition (logic)
- 星命家 astrologer (especially Daoist)
- 真命 to receive heaven's command (of Daoist immortals etc); ordained by heaven
- 生命迹象(生命跡象) vital signs
- 命危 in a critical condition
- 认知革命(認知革命) cognitive revolution
- 性命 life [of a person] ; life [concept]
- 威尊命贱(威尊命賤) orders weightier than life
- 奔命 to rush about on errands; to be kept on the run ; to pass on an urgent message ; to run quickly
- 甲基安非他命 methamphetamine
- 命相 horoscope
- 命中率 hit rate; scoring rate
- 知命 to know one's destiny ; fifty years of age
- 革命运动(革命運動) revolutionary movement
- 无生命(無生命) inert; lifeless
- 非命 violent death; killed in a disaster
- 保命 to save one's life; to survive
Also contained in
Word is mentioned most frequently in
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- 昭公 Lord Zhao The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 118
- 襄公 Lord Xiang The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 85
- 卷四百六十六 列傳第二百二十五 宦者一 竇神寶 王仁睿 王繼恩 李神福弟:神祐 劉承規 閻承翰 秦翰 周懷政 張崇貴 張繼能 衛紹欽 石知顒孫:全彬 鄧守恩 Volume 466 Biographies 225: Eunuchs 1 - Dou Shenbao, Wang Renrui, Wang Jien, Li Shenfu and younger brother: Shen You, Liu Chenggui, Yan Chenghan, Qin Han, Zhou Huaizheng, Zhang Chonggui, Zhang Jineng, Wei Shaoqin, Shi Zhiyong and grandson: Quan Bin, Deng Shouen History of Song 宋史 — count: 72
- 卷三百二十一 列傳第二百〇九 外國二 安南 Volume 321 Biographies 209: Foreign States 2 - Annan History of Ming 明史 — count: 65
- 卷三十五 本紀第三十五: 文宗四 Volume 35 Annals 35: Wenzong 4 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 64
- 《月令》 Proceedings of Government in the Different Months The Book of Rites 禮記 — count: 63
- 卷二十八 本紀第二十八 高宗五 Volume 28 Annals 28: Gaozong 5 History of Song 宋史 — count: 63
- 卷17 志第12 律曆中 Volume 17 Treatises 12: Measures and the Calendar 2 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 63
- 僖公 Lord Xi The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 62
- 卷三十 列傳第十八: 盧玄 盧柔 盧觀 盧同 盧誕 Volume 30 Biographies 18: Lu Xuan, Lu Rou, Lu Guan, Lu Tong, Lu Dan History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 62
Collocations
- 王命 (王命) 王命南仲 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧鹿鳴之什‧出車 Minor odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Lu Ming - Chu Che — count: 17
- 有成命 (有成命) 昊天有成命 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 周頌‧清廟之什‧昊天有成命 Sacrificial odes of Zhou - Decade Of Qing Miao - Hao Tian You Cheng Ming — count: 6
- 命召 (命召) 王命召伯 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧蕩之什‧崧高 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Dang - Song Gao — count: 5
- 天永命 (天永命) 祈天永命 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 召誥 Zhou Shu - Announcement of the Duke of Shao — count: 3
- 不恭命 (不恭命) 汝不恭命 — Book of Documents 尚書, 夏書 甘誓 Xia Shu - Speech at Gan — count: 3
- 命羲 (命羲) 乃命羲和 — Book of Documents 尚書, 虞書 堯典 Yu Shu - Canon of Yao — count: 3
- 申命 (申命) 申命羲叔 — Book of Documents 尚書, 虞書 堯典 Yu Shu - Canon of Yao — count: 3
- 命不易 (命不易) 駿命不易 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧文王之什‧文王 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Wen Wang - Wen Wang — count: 3
- 休命 (休命) 疇敢不祗若王之休命 — Book of Documents 尚書, 商書 說命上(僞) Shang Shu - Charge to Yue I (forged) — count: 3
- 请命 (請命) 其大夫為之請命乎天子之使 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧唐‧無衣 Lessons from the states - Odes of Tang - Wu Yi — count: 3