令出如山
lìng​chū​rú​shān

orders must be obeyed implicitly

  • created reference approved 令出如山 → 令出惟行 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    令出如山 lìng​chū​rú​shān

    令出惟行 lìng​chū​wéi​xíng

    synonym

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  • created sense approved 令出如山 · lìng​chū​rú​shān · orders must be obeyed implicitly — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    令出如山

    lìng​chū​rú​shān

    orders must be obeyed implicitly

    Literally "orders once issued are like a mountain"; meaning that a command is firm, cannot be changed, and must be strictly followed without hesitation.

    令 (literal) → 令 · lìng · to order 出 (literal) → 出 · chū · to publish 如 (literal) → 如 · rú · to be like 山 (literal) → 山 · shān · mountain

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

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