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Hanzi Character Search: 命

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命
life; destiny, fate, luck; an order, instruction
Radical
Strokes (without radical) 5 Total Strokes 8
Mandarin reading mìng Cantonese reading meng6 ming6
Japanese on reading mei myou Japanese kun reading inochi oose mikoto
Korean reading myeng Vietnamese reading mệnh

CEDICT Entries:

   [ mìng zhōng zhù dìng ]    decreed by fate (idiom), destined, fated
   [ mìng míng zuò ]    naming task
   [ mìng míng tǒng ]    system of nomenclature
   [ mìng guī huáng quán ]    lit. to return to the Yellow Springs 黃泉|黄泉[Huang2 quan2] (idiom), fig. to die, to meet one's end
   [ mìng xué ]    divination, divinatory art
   [ mìng pán ]    natal chart (astrology)
   [ mìng maì ]    lifeline
   [ mìng huáng quán ]    to visit the Yellow Springs, to die
   [ mìng yùn ]    fate, destiny, CL:個|个[ge4]
   [ mìng ]    proposition (logic, math.), to assign an essay topic
   [ mìng luó ji ]    propositional logic
⇒    [ mìng ]    to die (idiom), to breathe one's last, to give up the ghost
⇒    [ mìng guī tiān ]    see 一命嗚呼|一命呜呼[yi1 ming4 wu1 hu1]
⇒ 西   [ mìng guī ]    see 一命嗚呼|一命呜呼[yi1 ming4 wu1 hu1]
⇒    [ mìng guī yīn ]    see 一命嗚呼|一命呜呼[yi1 ming4 wu1 hu1]
⇒    [ qiāng mìng zhòng ]    to hit with the first shot (idiom)
⇒    [ qián mìng ]    stingy, penny-pinching
⇒    [ sān jūn yòng mìng ]    (of a team) to throw oneself into the battle
⇒    [ tīng mìng ]    to disobey
⇒    [ diū mìng ]    to die
⇒    [ zhōng guó guó mín dǎng mìng weǐ yuán huì ]    Revolutionary Committee of the Kuomintang
⇒    [ rén mìng guān tiān ]    human life is beyond value (idiom)
⇒    [ rèn mìng zhuàng ]    certificate of appointment (to government office)
⇒    [ cháng mìng ]    to pay with one's life
⇒    [ guāng róng mìng ]    Glorious Revolution (England, 1688)
⇒    [ baǒ shān mìng gōng ]    Mt Babao Revolutionary Cemetery in Haidian district of Beijing
⇒    [ maò shēng mìng weī xiǎn ]    to risk one's life
⇒    [ bàn mìng ]    half a life, only half alive, barely alive, (scared, beaten etc) half to death
⇒    [ fǎn mìng xuān chuán shān dòng zuì ]    the crime of instigating counterrevolutionary propaganda
⇒    [ weí mìng shì cóng ]    to follow obediently
⇒    [ sàng mìng ]    to lose one's life
⇒    [ èr fǎn mìng zhèng biàn ]    counterrevolutionary coup of 12th April 1927, Chiang Kai-shek's coup against the communists in Shanghai
⇒    [ guó mín mìng jūn ]    National Revolutionary Army
⇒    [ caí haì mìng ]    see 謀財害命|谋财害命[mou2 cai2 hai4 ming4]
⇒ 寿   [ shoù mìng ]    life span, life expectancy, lifetime (of a machine)
⇒ 寿   [ shoù mìng cháng ]    one's days are numbered, not to have long to live (often fig.)
⇒    [ weī zūn mìng jiàn ]    orders weightier than life
⇒ 宿   [ mìng lùn ]    fatalism, fatalistic
⇒    [ hán shēng mìng baò ]    the Cambrian explosion
⇒    [ duì zhèng mìng míng ]    confrontation naming
⇒    [ gōng mìng ]    Industrial Revolution, c. 1750-1830
⇒ 寿   [ píng jūn shoù mìng ]    life expectancy
⇒    [ cóng mìng ]    to obey an order, to comply, to do sb's bidding, to do as requested
⇒    [ mìng ]    to report on completion of a mission, debriefing
⇒    [ xìng mìng yoū guān ]    vitally important, a matter of life and death
⇒    [ xìng zhì mìng ]    categorical proposition (logic)
⇒    [ gōng jìng cóng mìng ]    deference is no substitute for obedience (idiom), (said to accept sb's request, invitation etc)
⇒    [ weí mìng shì tīng ]    see 唯命是從|唯命是从[wei2 ming4 shi4 cong2]
⇒    [ zhī mìng ]    to love sb (or sth) as one loves life itself
⇒    [ caí mìng ]    lit. to love money as much as one's own life (idiom), fig. avaricious, tightfisted
⇒    [ yìng daì mìng ]    emergency standby, to be on standby
⇒    [ pīn mìng taǒ haǒ ]    to throw oneself at sb or sth, to bend over backwards to help
⇒    [ shě mìng ]    to risk one's life
⇒    [ jiù rén mìng shèng zaò ]    saving a life is more meritorious than building a seven-floor pagoda (idiom)
⇒    [ gǎn cóng mìng ]    to not dare to disobey an order (idiom)
⇒    [ shù mìng xué ]    numerology
⇒    [ mìng ]    to meet violent death, to get killed
⇒    [ xīn mín zhǔ zhǔ mìng ]    (Maoism) New Democracy (aka New Democratic Revolution)
⇒    [ shí mìng jiǎn ]    bad times, adverse fate (idiom)
⇒    [ tiān zhī mìng ]    to be content with what one is
⇒    [ guān suàn jìn taì cōng ming fǎn suàn le qīng qīng xìng mìng ]    if one is too calculating, it will be the cause of one's own undoing (famous line in "A Dream of Red Mansions" 紅樓夢|红楼梦[Hong2 lou2 Meng4])
⇒    [ qīn mìng ]    Imperial order or edict (old)
⇒    [ feī mìng ]    violent death (idiom); to die in a disaster, an unnatural death
⇒    [ yǔn mìng ]    to die, to perish
⇒    [ meí mìng ]    to lose one's life, to die, recklessly, desperately
⇒    [ guó mìng ]    French Revolution (1789-1799)
⇒    [ guó mìng ]    French Revolution (1789)
⇒    [ tāng mìng ]    the Tang and Wu Revolts: the overthrow (c. 1600 BC) of the Xia Dynasty by the first king, Tang 商湯|商汤[Shang1 Tang1], of the Shang Dynasty, and the overthrow (c. 1046 BC) of the Shang Dynasty by the Zhou Dynasty founder, King Wu 周武王[Zhou1 Wu3 wang2]
⇒    [ shēng mìng ]    inert, lifeless
⇒    [ wán mìng ]    to gamble with life, to take reckless risks
⇒    [ shēng mìng zhàn doù zhǐ ]    while there is life, the fight continues (idiom); to fight to the last
⇒    [ shēng mìng zaì yùn dòng ]    life is motion (popular saying with many possible interpretations), Physical effort is vital for our bodies to function (Aristotle)., Life derives from physical exercise.
⇒    [ shēng mìng duō yàng xìng ]    biodiversity
⇒    [ shēng mìng daì ]    (neologism) (used in road safety campaigns) "life-saving belt", i.e. seat belt, (astrobiology) circumstellar habitable zone
⇒    [ shēng mìng zhēng xiàng ]    see 生命體徵|生命体征[sheng1 ming4 ti3 zheng1]
⇒    [ shēng mìng xué ]    life sciences
⇒ 线   [ shēng mìng xiàn ]    lifeline
⇒    [ shēng mìng xiàng ]    see 生命體徵|生命体征[sheng1 ming4 ti3 zheng1]
⇒    [ shēng mìng zhoū ]    life cycle
⇒    [ shēng mìng zhēng ]    vital signs
⇒    [ shēn mìng ]    Book of Deuteronomy, Fifth Book of Moses
⇒    [ mìng ]    to die (in an accident etc), to have one's life cut short
⇒    [ bēn mìng ]    (idiom) terribly busy, up to one's ears in work
⇒    [ zhí yán mìng ]    categorical proposition (logic)
⇒    [ xiāng weí mìng ]    mutually dependent for life (idiom); to rely upon one another for survival, interdependent
⇒    [ nán cóng mìng ]    difficult to obey orders (idiom); much to my embarrassment, I am unable to comply
⇒    [ mìng ]    person's lot through life
⇒    [ hóng yán mìng ]    beautiful women suffer unhappy fates (idiom)
⇒    [ jué mìng ]    to commit suicide, to have one's life cut short
⇒    [ jué mìng shū ]    suicide note
⇒    [ weí mìng ]    vitamin (loanword)
⇒    [ weí mìng ]    variant of 維他命|维他命[wei2 ta1 ming4]
⇒    [ tīng mìng ]    to obey an order, to take orders, to accept a state of affairs
⇒    [ tīng tiān ān mìng ]    to accept one's situation as dictated by heaven (idiom)
⇒    [ tīng tiān yoú mìng ]    to submit to the will of heaven, to resign oneself to fate, to trust to luck
⇒    [ lín weī shoù mìng ]    (idiom) to take on a leadership role at a time of crisis
⇒    [ lín weī shoù mìng ]    to sacrifice one's life in a crisis
⇒    [ zhì mìng shāng ]    mortal wound, (fig.) fatal weakness, Achilles' heel
⇒    [ jiù mín zhǔ zhǔ mìng ]    old democratic revolution, bourgeois revolution (in Marx-Leninist theory, a prelude to the proletarian revolution)
⇒    [ rèn mìng ]    to accept misfortunes as decreed by fate, to be resigned to sth
⇒    [ jiè mìng ]    commandment
⇒    [ moú caí haì mìng ]    to plot and kill sb for his property (idiom); to murder for money
⇒    [ chǎn jiē mìng ]    bourgeois revolution (in Marx-Leninist theory, a prelude to the proletarian revolution)
⇒    [ maì mìng ]    to throw one's life in for, to haplessly give one's life for, to sacrifice oneself torturously working for another or for a group, to pour in one's utmost effort, to shed one's last ounce of strength for
⇒    [ shēn shì mìng de běn qián ]    lit. the body is the revolution's capital, fig. good health is a prerequisite for work (Mao Zedong's saying)
⇒    [ yùn mìng ]    fate, one's fortune
⇒    [ weí mìng ]    disobedient, to violate the Mandate of Heaven (天命[Tian1 Ming4])
⇒    [ zhèn fǎn mìng yùn dòng ]    Campaign to Suppress Counterrevolutionaries (PRC political campaign from 1950-1952), abbr. to 鎮反運動|镇反运动[Zhen4 fan3 Yun4 dong4]
⇒    [ cháng mìng guì ]    We wish you long life and riches! (idiom, conventional greeting)
⇒    [ yǔn mìng ]    variant of 殞命|殒命[yun3 ming4], to die, to perish
⇒    [ suí shí daì mìng ]    on call, always available, ready at all times
⇒    [ líng mìng ]    the will of Heaven, the will of God
⇒    [ lǐng mìng ]    to accept an order
⇒    [ raó mìng ]    to spare sb's life

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