fā hào shī lìng

Traditional: 發號施令

发号施令 (fā hào shī lìng) is a Chinese word meaning “to boss people around (idiom)”.

Meanings

  1. 1to boss people around (idiom)

Characters in 发号施令

发fā · to send out号háo · (bound form) to wail; to howl施shī · (bound form) to put into effect (regulations etc)令líng · used in 脊令[ji2 ling2]

Related words

发生to happen; to occur; to take place; to break out发现to notice; to become aware of号(bound form) to wail; to howl号(literary) to call out; to command令used in 脊令[ji2 ling2]令classifier for a ream of paper令to order发to send out发hair头发hair (on the head)发誓to vow命令order

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