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líng
command
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Chapter-31
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Compositions

Explanation of characters by Herbert A. Giles

Ling is composed of an old word meaning to bring together , and 卩 (obsolete) meaning an officer's seal or tally, one half of which was kept by the sovereign for purposes of verification. It now means a command, honourable, etc., and is classed under radical 人 jen man.

Chinese-English (CC-CEDICT)


líng
see 脊令[ji2 ling2]/see 令狐[Ling2 hu2]


lǐng
classifier for a ream of paper


lìng
to order/to command/an order/warrant/writ/to cause/to make sth happen/virtuous/honorific title/season/government position (old)

Phrases ending with the given character

lìng
the Qing order to all men to shave their heads but keep a queue, first ordered in 1646
lìng
second in command
jìn
shēng
lìng
gag order
tài
shǐ
lìng
grand scribe (official position in many Chinese states up to the Han)
xuán
shǎng
lìng
an order to post a reward (for the capture of a criminal)
jiè
yán
lìng
martial law
ào
kǒu
lìng
tongue twister
shòu
quán
lìng
warrant (law)
sōu
chá
lìng
search warrant
jìn
zhì
lìng
prohibition/ban/law forbidding sth
jìn
jiǔ
lìng
prohibition/ban on alcohol
zǒng
lìng
commander-in-chief/top military commander for a country or theater of operations
rào
kǒu
lìng
tongue-twister
xíng
jiǔ
lìng
to play a drinking game
yuán
lìng
Yuan Yuling (-1674) Qing writer, author of 西樓記|西楼记[Xi1 lou2 Ji4]
zhú
lìng
the First Emperor's order to expel foreigners/(fig.) notice to leave/words or behavior intended at turning visitors out
léi
lìng
Riesling (grape type)
zhú
lìng
banishment order/expulsion warrant

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