命令 mìnglìng order
order; command
How to remember 命令: 命 life + 令 command = order.
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How it is used
- An order or command from authority - 下命令 (xià mìnglìng) to issue an order, 服从命令 (fúcóng mìnglìng) to obey orders.
- Works as noun and verb; strongly top-down (military, boss). In computing, 命令行 = command line.
Example sentences
- 他的话就是命令。 Tā dehuà jiùshì mìnglìng.His word is law.
- 他们服从了命令。 Tāmen fúcóng le mìnglìng.They obeyed orders.
- 我觉得我没有下命令。 Wǒ juéde wǒ méiyǒu xià mìnglìng.I don't think I ordered that.