zhǐ​shǐ

to order around

指使 zhǐ​shǐ
to order around verb
to direct someone's actions or give orders to others; to boss around
to instigate
to incite, prompt, or maneuver someone else into doing something, usually something bad, without doing it oneself

Frequency

Movie subtitles
4.71 per million appears in 2% of films
Written text
4.11 per million

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