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Meaning of 命

Pinyin mìng

Radical

口

Strokes

Definition

life / fate

Usage

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命 [mìng] 1. 动植物的生活能力。 Life ability of animals and plants. 2. 迷信认为生来就注定的贫富、寿数等。 Superstition that considers wealth, lifespan, etc., to be predetermined at birth. 3. 上级对下级的指示。 Instructions from superiors to subordinates. 4. 给予（名称等）。 To give (names, etc.). 5. 指派，使用。 To appoint, to use. --- 命 [mìng] 1. 命令;政令;教令。 Order; political command; teaching order. 2. 命运，天命。 Destiny; fate. 3. 性命，寿命。 Life; lifetime. 4. 生活，生存。 Life; existence. 5. 帝王按等级官职赐给臣下的东西。 Things bestowed by the emperor according to ranks and positions. 6. 通“名”。声誉。 Synonymous with "name". Reputation; fame. --- 命 [mìng] (as an action) 1. 同本义。 Same as the fundamental meaning (order). 2. 取名;命名。 To name; to nominate. 3. 动，用。 To use. 4. 通“盟”。在神前誓约，结盟。 To form an alliance; to pledge before deities. --- 命 [mìng] (as a noun) 1. 命令;政令;教令。 Orders; political commands; teaching orders. 2. 命运，天命。 Destiny; fate. 3. 性命，寿命。 Life; lifetime. 4. 生活，生存。 Life; existence. 5. 帝王按等级官职赐给臣下的东西。 Items bestowed by the emperor based on rank and position. 6. 通“名”。声誉。 Synonymous with "name". Reputation; fame.

一命呜呼 yī mìng wū hū

to die (idiom) / to breathe one's last / to give up the ghost

性命 xìng mìng

life

生命 shēng mìng

life (as the characteristic of living beings) / living being / creature / CL:個|个[ge4],條|条[tiao2]

命题 mìng tí

proposition (logic, math.) / to assign an essay topic

命运 mìng yùn

fate / destiny / CL:個|个[ge4]

寿命 shòu mìng

life span / life expectancy / lifetime (of a machine)

命中 mìng zhòng

to hit (a target)

拼命 pīn mìng

to do one's utmost / with all one's might / at all costs / (to work or fight) as if one's life depends on it

致命 zhì mìng

fatal / mortal / deadly / to sacrifice one's life

奉命 fèng mìng

to receive orders / to follow orders / to act under orders

逃命 táo mìng

to escape / to flee / to run for one's life

救命 jiù mìng

to save sb's life / (interj.) Help! / Save me!

拚命 pàn mìng

see 拼命[pin1 ming4]

生命力 shēng mìng lì

vitality

要命 yào mìng

to cause sb's death / very / extremely / frightening / annoying

命名 mìng míng

to give a name to / to dub / to christen / to designate / named after / naming

受命 shòu mìng

ordained or appointed to a post / to benefit from counsel

命在旦夕 mìng zài dàn xī

to be at death's door (idiom)

中央革命根据地 zhōng yāng gé mìng gēn jù dì

Central Revolutionary Base

疲于奔命 pí yú bēn mìng

lit. tired of constantly running for one's life (idiom); terribly busy / up to one's ears in work

革命 gé mìng

revolution / revolutionary (politics) / CL:次[ci4]

宿命 sù mìng

predestination / karma

宿命论 sù mìng lùn

fatalism / fatalistic

救命之恩 jiù mìng zhī ēn

Saviour

惟命是从 wéi mìng shì cóng

always do as one is told / be absolutely obedient / receive absolutely one's instruction

挣命 zhèng mìng

struggle to save one's life

自命不凡 zì mìng bù fán

to think too much of oneself / self-important / arrogant

殒命 yǔn mìng

to die / to perish

毙命 bì mìng

to meet violent death / to get killed

偿命 cháng mìng

to pay with one's life

催命 cuī mìng

to press sb to death / fig. to pressurize sb continually

俯首听命 fǔ shǒu tīng mìng

submissively / submissively to hear and obey / be at sb.'s beck and call

毕命 bì mìng

to die (in an accident etc) / to have one's life cut short

没命 méi mìng

to lose one's life / to die / recklessly / desperately

使命 shǐ mìng

mission (diplomatic or other) / set task

任命 rèn mìng

to appoint / (job) appointment / CL:紙|纸[zhi3]

狠命 hěn mìng

exerting all one's strength

玩命 wán mìng

risk one's life needlessly

鄂豫皖革命根据地 è yù wǎn gé mìng gēn jù dì

Hubei, Henan and Anhui Revolutionary Base

短命 duǎn mìng

to die young / short-lived

救命稻草 jiù mìng dào cǎo

(one's) last straw to clutch at / one's last hope

命运多舛 mìng yùn duō chuǎn

suffer many mishaps in one's life

命脉 mìng mài

lifeline

丧命 sàng mìng

to lose one's life

命丧 mìng sàng

Death

命令 mìng lìng

order / command / CL:道[dao4],個|个[ge4]

草菅人命 cǎo jiān rén mìng

human life as grass (idiom); to kill people like scything grass / a politician acting with total disregard for the life of his countrymen

苟全性命 gǒu quán xìng mìng

Gou Quan Xing Ming

诰命 gào mìng

imperial mandate / royal orders

奉命唯谨 fèng mìng wéi jǐn

By order

不辱使命 bù rǔ shǐ mìng

have succeeded in carrying out an assignment

拼命三郎 pīn mìng sān láng

brave man, willing to risk his life

革命军 gé mìng jūn

Revolutionary Army（《海贼王》中反政府组织） / Revolutionary Army（小说） / the revolutionary army

革命者 gé mìng zhě

revolutionary

革命性 gé mìng xìng

revolutionary

革命化 gé mìng huà

revolutionization