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命
Pinyin: mìng
English Definition: life; fate; order or command; to assign a name, title etc
Chinese Definition:
①动植物的生活能力：生命。救命。逃命。拼命。命脉。性命。相依为命。
②迷信认为生来就注定的贫富、寿数等：天命。命相(xiàng)。命运(a。迷信指生死、贫富和一切遭遇；b。喻发展变化的趋向，如“人民一定能掌握自己的命命”)。
③上级对下级的指示：奉命。遵命。命令。使命。
④给予(名称等)：命名。命题。命意。
⑤指派，使用：命官。
Total strokes: 8; Radical: 口
Ideographic: An order 令 given by mouth 口
Character Formation:
  • ⿹ Surround from upper right
    • 令 [ lìng ] command, decree, order; magistrate; to allow, to cause
    • 口 [ kǒu ] mouth; entrance, gate, opening
Similar Characters: 兪
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Example Words
革命 gé mìng revolution; revolutionary (politics); Classifiers: 次
生命 shēng mìng life (as the characteristic of living beings); living being; creature; Classifiers: 个 ,条
命运 mìng yùn fate; destiny; Classifiers: 个
命令 mìng lìng order; command; Classifiers: 道
使命 shǐ mìng mission; long-term task to which one devotes oneself; a calling
More: 命* | *命 | *命*
Example Sentences
1
shēng mìng zhī yuán
生命之源
zài yú
在于
shuǐ
水
。
Water is the source of all life.
2
wǒ men
我们
yīng gāi
应该
zhēn xī
珍惜
shēng mìng
生命
。
We should cherish our lives.
3
shēng mìng bù xī
生命不息
，
xué xí
学习
bù zhǐ
不止
。
Lifelong learning is essential for personal growth.
4
shēng mìng
生命
de
的
yì yì
意义
shì
是
shén me
什么
？
What is the meaning of life?
5
mìng yùn
命运
shì
是
yóu
由
zì jǐ
自己
chuàng zào
创造
de
的
。
Destiny is created by oneself.
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