qǐng​mìng

to plead for the people

Senses

请命/ 請命 qǐng​mìng to plead for the people

To plead on behalf of others for mercy, for their lives to be spared, or for their suffering to be relieved; often used in the phrase 为民请命 wèi​mín​qǐng​mìng

请命/ 請命 qǐng​mìng to volunteer

To request to be assigned a task or mission

请命/ 請命 qǐng​mìng to request instructions

(Literary) to ask for instructions from a superior or the authorities

请命/ 請命 qǐng​mìng to beg for mercy

To beg for one's life to be spared or to ask for a pardon for one's own crimes; to surrender and throw oneself on the mercy of a superior

请命/ 請命 qǐng​mìng to request an appointment

(of a local ruler or official) to request that the imperial court formally grant or confirm an official title or position

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