wéi​mìng​shì​tīng

to be at someone's beck and call

  • created reference approved 惟命是听/惟命是聽 → 唯命是听/唯命是聽 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    惟命是听 / 惟命是聽 wéi​mìng​shì​tīng

    唯命是听 / 唯命是聽 wéi​mìng​shì​tīng

    variant

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created reference approved 惟命是听/惟命是聽 → 唯命是从/唯命是從 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    惟命是听 / 惟命是聽 wéi​mìng​shì​tīng

    唯命是从 / 唯命是從 wéi​mìng​shì​cóng

    synonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 惟命是听/惟命是聽 · wéi​mìng​shì​tīng · to be at someone's beck and call — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    惟命是听 / 惟命是聽

    wéi​mìng​shì​tīng

    to be at someone's beck and call

    To follow orders blindly and obediently; to be always at someone's command.

    惟 (literal) → 惟 · wéi · [particle] 命 (literal) → 命 · mìng · order 是 (literal) → 是 · shì · [object marker] 听 (literal) → 听/聽 · tīng · to obey

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

    created sense