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愛財如命 爱财如命 [ai4 cai2 ru2 ming4] /lit. to love money as much as one's own life (idiom)/fig. avaricious/tightfisted/ 5137 1
礙難從命 碍难从命 [ai4 nan2 cong2 ming4] /difficult to obey orders (idiom); much to my embarrassment, I am unable to comply/ 4686 1
愛之如命 爱之如命 [ai4 zhi1 ru2 ming4] /to love sb (or sth) as one loves life itself/ 2363 1
安非他命 安非他命 [an1 fei1 ta1 ming4] /amphetamine (medical) (loanword)/ 6153 1
安身立命 安身立命 [[an1shen1-li4ming4]] /(idiom) to settle down and pursue one's path in life/ 503 2
八字命理 八字命理 [ba1 zi4 ming4 li3] /divination based on the eight characters of one's birth date/ 3101 1
八寶山 八宝山 [[Ba1bao3shan1]] /Babaoshan, a hill in Shijingshan District, Beijing, site of the Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery 八寶山革命公墓|八宝山革命公墓[Ba1bao3shan1 Ge2ming4 Gong1mu4]/ 373 2
八寶山革命公墓 八宝山革命公墓 [[Ba1bao3shan1 Ge2ming4 Gong1mu4]] /Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery in Shijingshan District, Beijing/ 373 2
半條命 半条命 [ban4 tiao2 ming4] /half a life/only half alive/barely alive/(scared, beaten etc) half to death/ 5387 1
保命 保命 [[bao3ming4]] /to preserve one's life; to ensure one's survival/ 942 2
奔命 奔命 [ben1 ming4] /to rush about on errands/to be kept on the run/ 5076 1
本命年 本命年 [ben3 ming4 nian2] /year of one's birth sign, according to the cycle of 12 animals of the earthly branches 地支[di4 zhi1]/ 5228 1
斃命 毙命 [bi4 ming4] /to meet violent death/to get killed/ 5411 1
畢命 毕命 [bi4 ming4] /to die (in an accident etc)/to have one's life cut short/ 4577 1
薄命 薄命 [bo2 ming4] /to be born under an unlucky star (usu. of women)/to be born unlucky/ 6175 1
搏命 搏命 [bo2 ming4] /to fight with all one has/ 3339 1
不聽命 不听命 [bu4 ting1 ming4] /to disobey/ 5550 1
草菅人命 草菅人命 [cao3 jian1 ren2 ming4] /to have disregard for human life (idiom)/ 2364 1
草芥人命 草芥人命 [cao3 jie4 ren2 ming4] /see 草菅人命[cao3 jian1 ren2 ming4]/ 2364 1
償命 偿命 [chang2 ming4] /to pay with one's life/ 6927 1
長命富貴 长命富贵 [chang2 ming4 fu4 gui4] /We wish you long life and riches! (idiom, conventional greeting)/ 6328 1
長命百歲 长命百岁 [[chang2ming4-bai3sui4]] /(idiom) to live to be a hundred years old (often used as a blessing or wish for longevity)/ 180 2
重命名 重命名 [chong2 ming4 ming2] /(computing) to rename/ 1423 1
出人命 出人命 [chu1 ren2 ming4] /fatal/resulting in sb's death/ 6789 1
從命 从命 [cong2 ming4] /to obey an order/to comply/to do sb's bidding/to do as requested/ 6608 1
催命 催命 [cui1 ming4] /to press sb to death/fig. to pressurize sb continually/ 6698 1
歹命 歹命 [[dai3ming4]] /(Tw) to have been dealt a hard lot in life (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [pháinn-miā])/ 856 2
待命 待命 [dai4 ming4] /to be on call/to be on standby/ 4219 1
定命 定命 [[ding4ming4]] /predestined fate; destiny/ 55 2
丟命 丢命 [diu1 ming4] /to die/ 5778 1
短命 短命 [duan3 ming4] /to die young/short-lived/ 4666 1
短命鬼 短命鬼 [duan3 ming4 gui3] /sb who dies prematurely/ 4666 1
耳提面命 耳提面命 [er3 ti2 mian4 ming4] /to give sincere advice (idiom)/to exhort earnestly/ 4557 1
二次革命 二次革命 [[Er4ci4 Ge2ming4]] /Second Revolution, campaign from 1913 of the provisional revolutionary government (under Sun Yat-sen and the Guomindang) against Yuan Shikai 袁世凱|袁世凯[Yuan2 Shi4kai3] and the Northern Warlords/ 549 2
法國大革命 法国大革命 [Fa3 guo2 Da4 ge2 ming4] /French Revolution (1789-1799)/ 5120 1
法國革命 法国革命 [Fa3 guo2 Ge2 ming4] /French Revolution (1789)/ 5877 1
反革命 反革命 [fan3 ge2 ming4] /counterrevolutionary/ 3653 1
反革命宣傳煽動罪 反革命宣传煽动罪 [fan3 ge2 ming4 xuan1 chuan2 shan1 dong4 zui4] /the crime of instigating counterrevolutionary propaganda/ 3653 1
反清 反清 [fan3 Qing1] /anti-Qing/refers to the revolutionary movements in late 19th and early 20th century leading up to 1911 Xinhai Revolution 辛亥革命[Xin1 hai4 Ge2 ming4]/ 4969 1
方命 方命 [fang1 ming4] /against orders/to disobey/to refuse to accept orders/ 6340 1
非命 非命 [[fei1ming4]] /unnatural death; violent death/ 847 2
非致命 非致命 [[fei1zhi4ming4]] /(of a medical condition) not fatal; not life-threatening/ 958 2
奉命 奉命 [feng4 ming4] /to receive orders/to follow orders/to act under orders/ 7101 1
復命 复命 [fu4 ming4] /to report on completion of a mission/debriefing/ 6630 1
父母之命,媒妁之言 父母之命,媒妁之言 [[fu4mu3 zhi1 ming4, mei2shuo4 zhi1 yan2]] /(idiom) parents' orders and matchmaker's services (in establishing an arranged marriage)/ 425 2
革命 革命 [ge2 ming4] /to withdraw the mandate of heaven (and transition to a new dynasty) (original meaning)/revolution/revolutionary/to revolt (against sb or sth)/to revolutionize (sth)/(separable verb sometimes used in the pattern 革noun的命)/CL:次[ci4]/ 2006 1
革命家 革命家 [ge2 ming4 jia1] /a revolutionary/ 6941 1
革命烈士 革命烈士 [ge2 ming4 lie4 shi4] /martyr of the revolution/ 6562 1
革命先烈 革命先烈 [ge2 ming4 xian1 lie4] /martyr to the revolution/ 6534 1
革命性 革命性 [ge2 ming4 xing4] /revolutionary/ 7101 1
恭敬不如從命 恭敬不如从命 [gong1 jing4 bu4 ru2 cong2 ming4] /deference is no substitute for obedience (idiom)/(said to accept sb's request, invitation etc)/ 4071 1
工業革命 工业革命 [Gong1 ye4 Ge2 ming4] /Industrial Revolution, c. 1750-1830/ 5120 1
光榮革命 光荣革命 [Guang1 rong2 Ge2 ming4] /Glorious Revolution (England, 1688)/ 5446 1
國民革命軍 国民革命军 [Guo2 min2 Ge2 ming4 jun1] /National Revolutionary Army/ 7033 1
害命 害命 [hai4 ming4] /to kill sb/to murder/ 6730 1
寒武紀生命大爆發 寒武纪生命大爆发 [Han2 wu3 ji4 sheng1 ming4 da4 bao4 fa1] /the Cambrian explosion/ 6307 1
好命 好命 [hao3 ming4] /lucky/blessed with good fortune/ 4994 1
黑命貴 黑命贵 [Hei1 ming4 gui4] /Black Lives Matter (social movement)/ 1377 1
狠命 狠命 [hen3 ming4] /exerting all one's strength/ 5615 1
紅顏薄命 红颜薄命 [hong2 yan2 bo2 ming4] /beautiful women suffer unhappy fates (idiom)/ 6175 1
候命 候命 [[hou4ming4]] /to await orders; to be on call/ 814 2
黃克強 黄克强 [Huang2 Ke4 qiang2] /pseudonym of Huang Xing 黃興|黄兴[Huang2 Xing1], one of the heroes of the 1911 Xinhai Revolution 辛亥革命[Xin1 hai4 Ge2 ming4]/ 4022 1
黃興 黄兴 [Huang2 Xing1] /Huang Xing (1874-1916), revolutionary politician, close collaborator of Sun Yat-sen, prominent in the 1911 Xinhai Revolution 辛亥革命[Xin1 hai4 Ge2 ming4], murdered in Shanghai in 1916/ 4969 1
活命 活命 [huo2 ming4] /life/to survive/to save a life/to scrape a living/ 6562 1
機關算盡太聰明,反算了卿卿性命 机关算尽太聪明,反算了卿卿性命 [ji1 guan1 suan4 jin4 tai4 cong1 ming5 , fan3 suan4 le5 qing1 qing1 xing4 ming4] /if one is too calculating, it will be the cause of one's own undoing (famous line in "A Dream of Red Mansions" 紅樓夢|红楼梦[Hong2 lou2 Meng4])/ 2014 1
甲基安非他命 甲基安非他命 [jia3 ji1 an1 fei1 ta1 ming4] /methamphetamine/ 5782 1
誡命 诫命 [jie4 ming4] /commandment/ 7101 1
戒命 戒命 [jie4 ming4] /prohibition/ 6173 1
借命 借命 [jie4 ming4] /to live out a pointless existence/ 6816 1
盡人事,聽天命 尽人事,听天命 [[jin4 ren2shi4, ting1 tian1ming4]] /(idiom) to do one's best and leave the rest to fate; to do everything within one's power, then accept whatever happens/ 11 2
舊民主主義革命 旧民主主义革命 [jiu4 min2 zhu3 zhu3 yi4 ge2 ming4] /old democratic revolution/bourgeois revolution (in Marx-Leninist theory, a prelude to the proletarian revolution)/ 6884 1
救命 救命 [jiu4 ming4] /to save sb's life/(interj.) Help!/Save me!/ 3827 1
救人一命勝造七級浮屠 救人一命胜造七级浮屠 [jiu4 ren2 yi1 ming4 sheng4 zao4 qi1 ji2 fu2 tu2] /saving a life is more meritorious than building a seven-floor pagoda (idiom)/ 5213 1
救命稻草 救命稻草 [[jiu4ming4 dao4cao3]] /(one's) last straw to clutch at; one's last hope/ 370 2
捐命 捐命 [juan1 ming4] /to lay down one's life/ 6860 1
絕命 绝命 [jue2 ming4] /to commit suicide/to have one's life cut short/ 5028 1
絕命書 绝命书 [jue2 ming4 shu1] /suicide note/ 4912 1
K他命 K他命 [k ta1 ming4] /ketamine (C13H16ClNO) (slang)/ 4955 1
抗命 抗命 [kang4 ming4] /against orders/to disobey/to refuse to accept orders/ 6963 1
克他命 克他命 [ke4 ta1 ming4] /ketamine (loanword)/ 4700 1
苦命 苦命 [ku3 ming4] /hard lot/bitter fate/unfortunate/ 5135 1
樂天知命 乐天知命 [le4 tian1 zhi1 ming4] /to be content with what one is/ 6265 1
李叔同 李叔同 [Li3 Shu1 tong2] /Liu Shutong (1880-1942), painter, Buddhist monk and distinguished figure in New Culture Movement 新文化運動|新文化运动[Xin1 Wen2 hua4 Yun4 dong4] after the Xinhai Revolution 辛亥革命[Xin1 hai4 Ge2 ming4] of 1911/ 4645 1
臨危受命 临危受命 [lin2 wei1 shou4 ming4] /(idiom) to take on a leadership role at a time of crisis/ 2563 1
臨危授命 临危授命 [lin2 wei1 shou4 ming4] /to sacrifice one's life in a crisis/ 6849 1
靈命 灵命 [ling2 ming4] /the will of Heaven/the will of God/ 6819 1
領命 领命 [ling3 ming4] /to accept an order/ 6295 1
祿命 禄命 [lu4 ming4] /person's lot through life/ 6194 1
賣命 卖命 [[mai4ming4]] /to work tirelessly; to give one's all; to slave away/to throw away one's life; to sacrifice oneself (usu. for an unworthy cause)/ 669 2
冒生命危險 冒生命危险 [mao4 sheng1 ming4 wei1 xian3] /to risk one's life/ 6609 1
沒命 没命 [mei2 ming4] /to lose one's life/to die/recklessly/desperately/ 6184 1
民主革命 民主革命 [min2 zhu3 ge2 ming4] /democratic revolution/bourgeois revolution (in Marx-Leninist theory, a prelude to the proletarian revolution)/ 6884 1
[ming4] /life/fate/order or command/to assign a name, title etc/ 6021 1
命案 命案 [ming4 an4] /homicide case/murder case/ 4054 1
命薄 命薄 [ming4 bo2] /to be unlucky/ 4307 1
命定 命定 [ming4 ding4] /to be predestined/ 5320 1
命赴黃泉 命赴黄泉 [ming4 fu4 Huang2 quan2] /to visit the Yellow Springs/to die/ 6425 1
命根 命根 [ming4 gen1] /lifeblood/the thing that one cherishes most in life/(coll.) family jewels (male genitals)/ 4959 1
命根子 命根子 [ming4 gen1 zi5] /see 命根[ming4 gen1]/ 4959 1
命歸黃泉 命归黄泉 [ming4 gui1 Huang2 quan2] /lit. to return to the Yellow Springs 黃泉|黄泉[Huang2 quan2] (idiom)/fig. to die/to meet one's end/ 4449 1
命苦 命苦 [ming4 ku3] /to be born under an ill star/ 5135 1
命理學 命理学 [ming4 li3 xue2] /divination; divinatory art/ 1257 1
命令 命令 [ming4 ling4] /order/command/CL:道[dao4],個|个[ge4]/ 6365 1
命令句 命令句 [ming4 ling4 ju4] /imperative sentence/ 4982 1
命令列 命令列 [ming4 ling4 lie4] /command line (computing) (Tw)/ 2346 1
命脈 命脉 [ming4 mai4] /lifeline/ 7101 1
命名 命名 [ming4 ming2] /to give a name to/to dub/to christen/to designate/named after/naming/ 6553 1
命名法 命名法 [ming4 ming2 fa3] /nomenclature/ 6565 1
命名日 命名日 [ming4 ming2 ri4] /name day (tradition of celebrating a given name on a certain day of the year)/ 4912 1
命名系統 命名系统 [ming4 ming2 xi4 tong3] /system of nomenclature/ 6565 1
命盤 命盘 [ming4 pan2] /natal chart (astrology)/ 6153 1
命題 命题 [ming4 ti2] /proposition (logic, math.)/to assign an essay topic/ 4647 1
命題邏輯 命题逻辑 [ming4 ti2 luo2 ji5] /propositional logic/ 6792 1
命途 命途 [ming4 tu2] /the course of one's life/one's fate/ 5869 1
命途多舛 命途多舛 [ming4 tu2 duo1 chuan3] /to meet with many difficulties in one's life (idiom)/ 4155 1
命途坎坷 命途坎坷 [ming4 tu2 kan3 ke3] /to have a tough life/to meet much adversity in one's life/ 5867 1
命危 命危 [ming4 wei1] /(medicine) in a critical condition/ 3338 1
命相 命相 [ming4 xiang4] /horoscope/ 6089 1
命在旦夕 命在旦夕 [ming4 zai4 dan4 xi1] /to be at death's door (idiom)/ 4921 1
命中註定 命中注定 [ming4 zhong1 zhu4 ding4] /decreed by fate (idiom)/destined/fated/ 6333 1
命中 命中 [ming4 zhong4] /to hit (a target)/ 5983 1
命中率 命中率 [ming4 zhong4 lü4] /hit rate/scoring rate/ 6556 1
命不久矣 命不久矣 [[ming4bu4jiu3yi3]] /at death's door/ 878 2
命大 命大 [[ming4da4]] /lucky (to have escaped death or serious injury)/ 855 2
命理 命理 [[ming4li3]] /the traditional Chinese study of fate and fortune, using methods such as birth-date analysis, physiognomy, name analysis, feng shui etc; fortune-telling based on these methods/ 357 2
命令行 命令行 [[ming4ling4hang2]] /(computing) command line/ 143 2
命門 命门 [[ming4men2]] /(TCM) the right kidney/(TCM) acupuncture point GV-4, midway between the kidneys/the region between the kidneys/the eyes/(fortune-telling) the temples/(fig.) most critical or vulnerable point/ 841 2
命運 命运 [[ming4yun4]] /fate; destiny/ 172 2
謀財害命 谋财害命 [mou2 cai2 hai4 ming4] /to plot and kill sb for his property (idiom); to murder for money/ 6332 1
拚命 拚命 [pan4 ming4] /see 拼命[pin1 ming4]/ 5895 1
批命 批命 [pi1 ming4] /to tell sb's fortune/ 6143 1
疲於奔命 疲于奔命 [pi2 yu2 ben1 ming4] /(idiom) terribly busy/up to one's ears in work/ 2492 1
拼命三郎 拼命三郎 [pin1 ming4 san1 lang2] /brave man, willing to risk his life/ 6699 1
拼命討好 拼命讨好 [pin1 ming4 tao3 hao3] /to throw oneself at sb or sth/to bend over backwards to help/ 6111 1
拼命 拼命 [[pin1ming4]] /to do one's utmost; with all one's might; at all costs; (to work or fight) as if one's life depends on it/ 841 2
平均壽命 平均寿命 [ping2 jun1 shou4 ming4] /life expectancy/ 6724 1
欽命 钦命 [qin1 ming4] /Imperial order or edict (old)/ 5959 1
饒命 饶命 [rao2 ming4] /to spare sb's life/ 6530 1
人命關天 人命关天 [ren2 ming4 guan1 tian1] /human life is beyond value (idiom)/ 6099 1
人命 人命 [[ren2ming4]] /human life/CL:條|条[tiao2]/ 866 2
認命 认命 [ren4 ming4] /to accept misfortunes as decreed by fate/to be resigned to sth/ 6072 1
任命 任命 [ren4 ming4] /to appoint/(job) appointment/CL:紙|纸[zhi3]/ 3174 1
任命狀 任命状 [ren4 ming4 zhuang4] /certificate of appointment (to government office)/ 3322 1
三軍用命 三军用命 [san1 jun1 yong4 ming4] /(of a team) to throw oneself into the battle/ 4127 1
喪命 丧命 [sang4 ming4] /to lose one's life/ 6829 1
陝北 陕北 [Shan3 bei3] /Shanbei, northern Shaanxi province, including Yulin 榆林 and Yan'an 延安, a Holy Land of Mao's revolution 革命聖地|革命圣地/ 5005 1
捨命 舍命 [she3 ming4] /to risk one's life/ 7101 1
申命記 申命记 [Shen1 ming4 ji4] /Book of Deuteronomy/Fifth Book of Moses/ 6275 1
身體是革命的本錢 身体是革命的本钱 [shen1 ti3 shi4 ge2 ming4 de5 ben3 qian2] /lit. the body is the revolution's capital/fig. good health is a prerequisite for work (Mao Zedong's saying)/ 2376 1
生命不息,戰鬥不止 生命不息,战斗不止 [sheng1 ming4 bu4 xi1 , zhan4 dou4 bu4 zhi3] /while there is life, the fight continues (idiom); to fight to the last/ 6332 1
生命帶 生命带 [sheng1 ming4 dai4] /(neologism) (used in road safety campaigns) "life-saving belt", i.e. seat belt/(astrobiology) circumstellar habitable zone/ 1985 1
生命多樣性 生命多样性 [sheng1 ming4 duo1 yang4 xing4] /biodiversity/ 7101 1
生命吠陀 生命吠陀 [Sheng1 ming4 fei4 tuo2] /see 阿育吠陀[A1 yu4 fei4 tuo2]/ 1616 1
生命跡象 生命迹象 [sheng1 ming4 ji4 xiang4] /see 生命體徵|生命体征[sheng1 ming4 ti3 zheng1]/ 3241 1
生命科學 生命科学 [sheng1 ming4 ke1 xue2] /life sciences/ 7101 1
生命力 生命力 [sheng1 ming4 li4] /vitality/ 7101 1
生命體徵 生命体征 [sheng1 ming4 ti3 zheng1] /vital signs/ 3241 1
生命線 生命线 [sheng1 ming4 xian4] /lifeline/ 7101 1
生命在於運動 生命在于运动 [sheng1 ming4 zai4 yu2 yun4 dong4] /life is motion (popular saying with many possible interpretations)/Physical effort is vital for our bodies to function (Aristotle)./Life derives from physical exercise./ 6060 1
生命徵象 生命征象 [sheng1 ming4 zheng1 xiang4] /see 生命體徵|生命体征[sheng1 ming4 ti3 zheng1]/ 3241 1
生命週期 生命周期 [sheng1 ming4 zhou1 qi1] /life cycle/ 6877 1
生死有命 生死有命 [sheng1 si3 you3 ming4] /life and death are ruled by fate (idiom)/ 3898 1
生命 生命 [[sheng1ming4]] /life (as the characteristic of living beings)/living being; creature (CL:條|条[tiao2])/ 172 2
生命危險 生命危险 [[sheng1ming4 wei1xian3]] /risk to one's life/ 72 2
時乖命蹇 时乖命蹇 [shi2 guai1 ming4 jian3] /bad times, adverse fate (idiom)/ 6332 1
十月革命 十月革命 [Shi2 yue4 Ge2 ming4] /October Revolution/ 5120 1
使命 使命 [shi3 ming4] /mission/long-term task to which one devotes oneself/a calling/ 2635 1
嗜酒如命 嗜酒如命 [shi4 jiu3 ru2 ming4] /to love wine as one's life (idiom); fond of the bottle/ 6332 1
受命 受命 [shou4 ming4] /ordained or appointed to a post/to benefit from counsel/ 6993 1
壽命 寿命 [shou4 ming4] /life span/life expectancy/lifetime (of a machine)/ 4148 1
授命 授命 [shou4 ming4] /to give orders/ 7101 1
壽命不長 寿命不长 [shou4 ming4 bu4 chang2] /one's days are numbered/not to have long to live (often fig.)/ 4127 1
受洗命名 受洗命名 [shou4 xi3 ming4 ming2] /to be christened/ 6565 1
受命於天 受命于天 [[shou4ming4yu2tian1]] /to be emperor by the grace of heaven; to have the mandate of heaven/ 403 2
數字命理學 数字命理学 [shu4 zi4 ming4 li3 xue2] /numerology/ 6745 1
死命 死命 [si3 ming4] /doom/death/desperately/ 6101 1
死於非命 死于非命 [si3 yu2 fei1 ming4] /violent death (idiom); to die in a disaster/an unnatural death/ 6332 1
姒文命 姒文命 [Si4 Wen2 ming4] /Si Wenming, personal name of Yu the Great 大禹[Da4 Yu3]/ 5765 1
四一二事變 四一二事变 [si4 yi1 er4 shi4 bian4] /the coup of 12th Mar 1927, an attempt by Chiang Kai-shek to suppress the communists/called 反革命政變|反革命政变 or 慘案|惨案 in PRC literature/ 2507 1
四一二反革命政變 四一二反革命政变 [[si4yi1er4 fan3ge2ming4 zheng4bian4]] /counterrevolutionary coup of 12th April 1927, Chiang Kai-shek's coup against the communists in Shanghai/ 872 2
送命 送命 [song4 ming4] /to lose one's life/to get killed/ 5172 1
肅反 肃反 [su4 fan3] /to eliminate counterrevolutionaries (abbr. for 肅清反革命分子|肃清反革命分子[su4 qing1 fan3 ge2 ming4 fen4 zi3])/ 1663 1
宿命 宿命 [su4 ming4] /predestination/karma/ 5923 1
宿命論 宿命论 [su4 ming4 lun4] /fatalism/fatalistic/ 7033 1
宿命通 宿命通 [su4 ming4 tong1] /(Buddhism) recollection of past lives/wisdom of past lives (one of six supernatural powers of Buddhas and arhats)/ 1602 1
算命 算命 [suan4 ming4] /fortune-telling/to tell fortune/ 6160 1
算命家 算命家 [suan4 ming4 jia1] /fortune-teller/ 6158 1
算命先生 算命先生 [suan4 ming4 xian1 sheng5] /fortune-teller/ 6160 1
算命者 算命者 [suan4 ming4 zhe3] /fortune-teller/ 6160 1
隨時待命 随时待命 [sui2 shi2 dai4 ming4] /on call/always available/ready at all times/ 6294 1
索命 索命 [suo3 ming4] /to demand sb's life/ 6098 1
湯武革命 汤武革命 [Tang1 Wu3 Ge2 ming4] /the Tang and Wu Revolts: the overthrow (c. 1600 BC) of the Xia Dynasty by the first king, Tang 商湯|商汤[Shang1 Tang1], of the Shang Dynasty, and the overthrow (c. 1046 BC) of the Shang Dynasty by the Zhou Dynasty founder, King Wu 周武王[Zhou1 Wu3 wang2]/ 4609 1
逃命 逃命 [tao2 ming4] /to escape/to flee/to run for one's life/ 6726 1
天命 天命 [Tian1 ming4] /Mandate of Heaven/destiny/fate/one's life span/ 5518 1
聽命 听命 [ting1 ming4] /to obey an order/to take orders/to accept a state of affairs/ 6609 1
聽天安命 听天安命 [ting1 tian1 an1 ming4] /to accept one's situation as dictated by heaven (idiom)/ 4921 1
聽天由命 听天由命 [[ting1tian1-you2ming4]] /(idiom) to submit to the will of heaven; to resign oneself to fate; to trust to luck/ 470 2
圖財害命 图财害命 [tu2 cai2 hai4 ming4] /see 謀財害命|谋财害命[mou2 cai2 hai4 ming4]/ 3977 1
駝峰命名法 驼峰命名法 [tuo2 feng1 ming4 ming2 fa3] /(computing) CamelCase/ 1534 1
玩兒命 玩儿命 [wan2 r5 ming4] /to gamble with life/to take reckless risks/ 6304 1
亡命 亡命 [wang2 ming4] /to flee/to go into exile (from prison)/ 6800 1
亡命之徒 亡命之徒 [wang2 ming4 zhi1 tu2] /runaway (idiom); desperate criminal/fugitive/ 6332 1
威尊命賤 威尊命贱 [[wei1zun1-ming4jian4]] /(idiom) the dignity of authority is above life; one must be willing to sacrifice one's life rather than disobey a military order/ 802 2
違命 违命 [wei2 ming4] /disobedient/to violate the Mandate of Heaven (天命[Tian1 Ming4])/ 5772 1
唯命是從 唯命是从 [wei2 ming4 shi4 cong2] /to follow obediently/ 5398 1
惟命是聽 惟命是听 [wei2 ming4 shi4 ting1] /see 唯命是從|唯命是从[wei2 ming4 shi4 cong2]/ 5398 1
維它命 维它命 [wei2 ta1 ming4] /variant of 維他命|维他命[wei2 ta1 ming4]/ 5587 1
維他命 维他命 [[wei2ta1ming4]] /(loanword) vitamin/ 370 2
偽命題 伪命题 [wei3 ming4 ti2] /false proposition/fundamentally flawed notion/(in popular usage, can also refer to anything based on a flawed notion, such as a false dichotomy or a question that starts with a false premise)/ 1532 1
未命名 未命名 [wei4 ming4 ming2] /untitled/unnamed/no name/nameless/unknown name/ 6454 1
文革 文革 [Wen2 ge2] /Cultural Revolution (1966-76) (abbr. for 文化大革命[Wen2 hua4 Da4 ge2 ming4])/ 2006 1
文化大革命 文化大革命 [Wen2 hua4 Da4 ge2 ming4] /Cultural Revolution (1966-1976)/ 7033 1
無生命 无生命 [[wu2sheng1ming4]] /non-living; inanimate; lifeless/ 813 2
惜命 惜命 [[xi1ming4]] /to be mindful of one's health and safety/ 645 2
相依為命 相依为命 [xiang1 yi1 wei2 ming4] /mutually dependent for life (idiom); to rely upon one another for survival/interdependent/ 6332 1
辛亥 辛亥 [xin1 hai4] /forty-eighth year H12 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1971 or 2031/cf 辛亥革命[Xin1 hai4 Ge2 ming4], Xinhai Revolution of 1911/ 3487 1
辛亥革命 辛亥革命 [Xin1 hai4 Ge2 ming4] /Xinhai Revolution (1911), which ended the Qing Dynasty/ 5414 1
新民主主義革命 新民主主义革命 [Xin1 Min2 zhu3 zhu3 yi4 Ge2 ming4] /(Maoism) New Democracy (aka New Democratic Revolution)/ 2480 1
星命家 星命家 [xing1 ming4 jia1] /astrologer (esp. Daoist)/ 6830 1
行政命令 行政命令 [xing2 zheng4 ming4 ling4] /executive order/ 7033 1
性命 性命 [xing4 ming4] /life/ 6883 1
性命攸關 性命攸关 [xing4 ming4 you1 guan1] /vitally important/a matter of life and death/ 6862 1
性質命題 性质命题 [xing4 zhi4 ming4 ti2] /categorical proposition (logic)/ 6792 1
續命 续命 [[xu4ming4]] /to prolong life; to extend one's lifespan; (fig.) to enable sth to keep going; to give sth a new lease on life/ 389 2
要命 要命 [[yao4ming4]] /to cause sb's death/extremely; terribly/(used in complaining about sth) to be a nuisance/ 813 2
一命歸天 一命归天 [yi1 ming4 gui1 tian1] /see 一命嗚呼|一命呜呼[yi1 ming4 wu1 hu1]/ 4845 1
一命歸西 一命归西 [yi1 ming4 gui1 xi1] /see 一命嗚呼|一命呜呼[yi1 ming4 wu1 hu1]/ 4845 1
一命歸陰 一命归阴 [yi1 ming4 gui1 yin1] /see 一命嗚呼|一命呜呼[yi1 ming4 wu1 hu1]/ 4845 1
一命嗚呼 一命呜呼 [yi1 ming4 wu1 hu1] /to die (idiom)/to breathe one's last/to give up the ghost/ 4842 1
一錢如命 一钱如命 [[yi1qian2-ru2ming4]] /(idiom) stingy; penny-pinching/ 412 2
一槍命中 一枪命中 [[yi1qiang1-ming4zhong4]] /to hit with the first shot/ 503 2
以人名命名 以人名命名 [yi3 ren2 ming2 ming4 ming2] /to name sth after a person/named after/eponymous/ 6553 1
應急待命 应急待命 [ying4 ji2 dai4 ming4] /emergency standby/to be on standby/ 4034 1
用命 用命 [yong4 ming4] /to follow orders/to abide by/to obey/ 4148 1
怨命 怨命 [yuan4 ming4] /to complain about one's fate/to bemoan one's lot/ 6745 1
隕命 陨命 [yun3 ming4] /variant of 殞命|殒命[yun3 ming4]/to die/to perish/ 6198 1
殞命 殒命 [yun3 ming4] /to die/to perish/ 6198 1
運命 运命 [yun4 ming4] /fate/one's fortune/ 6697 1
真命 真命 [zhen1 ming4] /to receive heaven's command (of Daoist immortals etc)/ordained by heaven/ 6066 1
鎮反運動 镇反运动 [Zhen4 fan3 Yun4 dong4] /Campaign to Suppress Counterrevolutionaries (PRC political campaign from 1950-1952), abbr. for 鎮壓反革命運動|镇压反革命运动[Zhen4 ya1 Fan3 ge2 ming4 Yun4 dong4]/ 2228 1
鎮壓反革命運動 镇压反革命运动 [Zhen4 ya1 Fan3 ge2 ming4 Yun4 dong4] /Campaign to Suppress Counterrevolutionaries (PRC political campaign from 1950-1952), abbr. to 鎮反運動|镇反运动[Zhen4 fan3 Yun4 dong4]/ 2228 1
直言命題 直言命题 [zhi2 yan2 ming4 ti2] /categorical proposition (logic)/ 6792 1
致命 致命 [zhi4 ming4] /fatal/mortal/deadly/to sacrifice one's life/ 7101 1
致命傷 致命伤 [zhi4 ming4 shang1] /mortal wound/(fig.) fatal weakness/Achilles' heel/ 5548 1
中國國民黨革命委員會 中国国民党革命委员会 [Zhong1 guo2 Guo2 min2 dang3 Ge2 ming4 Wei3 yuan2 hui4] /Revolutionary Committee of the Kuomintang/ 7033 1
資產階級革命 资产阶级革命 [zi1 chan3 jie1 ji2 ge2 ming4] /bourgeois revolution (in Marx-Leninist theory, a prelude to the proletarian revolution)/ 6884 1
自命 自命 [zi4 ming4] /to consider oneself to be (sth positive)/ 6815 1
自命不凡 自命不凡 [zi4 ming4 bu4 fan2] /to think too much of oneself/self-important/arrogant/ 6061 1
自命清高 自命清高 [zi4 ming4 qing1 gao1] /to think of oneself as high and pure (idiom); smug and self-righteous/holier-than-thou/ 6332 1
遵命 遵命 [zun1 ming4] /to follow your orders/to do as you bid/ 6264 1
尊命 尊命 [zun1 ming4] /your order (honorific)/ 6264 1

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