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Definition(s) for: 令行禁止

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
令行禁止 lìng xíng jìn zhǐ - lit. orders are carried out and prohibitions are observed (idiom)fig. to execute every order without fail

List Ranking:

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HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 95,764 60,414 77,895

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
令 líng- used in 脊令[ji2 ling2]
- used in 令狐[Ling2 hu2] (Taiwan pr. [ling4])
令 lǐng- classifier for a ream of paper
令 lìng- 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
行 háng- (bound form) row; line
- (bound form) line of business; trade; profession
- (bound form) commercial firm
- (bound form) to rank (first, second etc) among one's siblings (by age)
- (in data tables) row; (Tw) column
- classifier for rows or lines
行 héng- used in 道行[dao4heng2]
行 xíng- (bound form) to walk; to go; to travel
- (literary) trip; journey; visit
- (bound form) temporary; makeshift
- (bound form) current; in circulation
- (bound form) to do; to perform
- capable; competent
- all right; OK!; will do
- behavior; conduct (Taiwan pr. [xing4])
- (literary) about to; soon
禁 jīn- to endure
禁 jìn- to prohibit
- to forbid
止 zhǐ- to stop
- to prohibit
- until
- only

Other Words Containing 令行禁止

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
令行禁止 - - 95,764 60,414 77,895