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- to order
- to command
- an order
- warrant
- writ
- to cause
- to make sth happen
- virtuous
- honorific title
- season
- government position (old)
- type of short song or poem
- oral command
- a word of command (used in drilling troops or gymnasts)
- password (used by sentry)
Trad. 節令
- solar term; seasonal division (one of 24 periods in the traditional Chinese lunisolar calendar, governing agricultural timing and cultural festivals)
- Reiwa, Japanese era name, corresponding to the reign (2019-) of emperor Naruhito 德仁[De2 ren2]
Trad. 號令
- an order (esp. army)
- bugle call expressing military order
- verbal command
- (archaic) wooden or metal token of authority
- (fig.) decree
- directive
- (computing) token
- old place name (in present-day Linyi County 臨猗縣|临猗县[Lin2 yi1 Xian4], Shanxi)
- two-character surname Linghu
- arrow banner of command (archaic used as symbol of military authority)
- fig. instructions from one's superiors
- Yuan Yuling (-1674) Qing writer, author of 西樓記|西楼记[Xi1 lou2 Ji4]
- the First Emperor's order to expel foreigners
- (fig.) notice to leave
- words or behavior intended at turning visitors out
- Delingha city in Haixi Mongol and Tibetan autonomous prefecture 海西蒙古族藏族自治州[Hai3 xi1 Meng3 gu3 zu2 Zang4 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Qinghai
Trad. 總司令
- commander-in-chief
- top military commander for a country or theater of operations
- grand scribe (official position in many Chinese states up to the Han)
Trad. 剃髮令
- the Qing order to all men to shave their heads but keep a queue, first ordered in 1646
Trad. 冬令時
- standard time (as opposed to daylight saving time 夏令時|夏令时[xia4 ling4 shi2])
Trad. 懸賞令
- an order to post a reward (for the capture of a criminal)
- to make frequent or unpredictable changes in policy (idiom)
Trad. 光桿司令
- commander without any soldiers; (fig.) leader without a team; solo entrepreneur
- Delingha city in Haixi Mongol and Tibetan autonomous prefecture 海西蒙古族藏族自治州[Hai3 xi1 Meng3 gu3 zu2 Zang4 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Qinghai
- to lose one's head through material greed (idiom)
- to lose one's head over lust
- sex-crazy (idiom)
Trad. 軍令如山
- military orders are like mountains (idiom)
- a military order must be obeyed
- to be glib in one's speech and wear an ingratiating expression (idiom)
Trad. 語音指令
- speech command (for computer speech recognition)
Trad. 令人髮指
- (idiom) to make one feel a sense of revulsion; abhorrent; heinous; deeply disturbing
Trad. 白令海峽
- the Bering Strait (between Siberia and Alaska)
Trad. 號令如山
- lit. order like a mountain
- a military order is inviolable
- strict discipline
- Linghu Defen (583-666), Tang dynasty historian, compiler of History of Zhou of the Northern dynasties 周書|周书
- lit. orders are carried out and prohibitions are observed (idiom)fig. to execute every order without fail
- to ask sb to leave
- to show sb the door
- to give a tenant notice to leave
Trad. 墨累達令流域
- Murray-Darling river system in the southeast of Australia
Trad. 拿著雞毛當令箭
- to wave a chicken feather as a token of authority (idiom); to assume unwarranted authority on the basis of some pretext
Trad. 一個將軍一個令
- lit. one general, one order (idiom)
- fig. every boss has their own rules
- everyone has their own way of doing things
Trad. 挾天子以令天下
- (expr.) hold the feudal overlord and you control the whole country
Trad. 挾天子以令諸侯
- (expr.) hold the feudal overlord and you control his vassals