发号施令 — Chinese idiom
发号施令
fā hào shī lìng
Traditional: 發號施令
Meaning
- to boss people around
Character by character
- 发fāto issue, to dispatch, to send out; hair
- 号hàomark, sign; symbol; number; to call, to cry, to ro
- 施shīto grant, to bestow; to act; surname
- 令lìngcommand, decree, order; magistrate; to allow, to c
Idioms sharing a character
- 一言不发 yī yán bù fā
- 一语不发 yī yǔ bù fā
- 不悱不发 bù fěi bù fā
- 令人发指 lìng rén fà zhǐ
- 先发制人 xiān fā zhì rén
- 千钧一发 qiān jūn yī fà
- 升官发财 shēng guān fā cái
- 厚积薄发 hòu jī bó fā
- 大发慈悲 dà fā cí bēi
- 容光焕发 róng guāng huàn fā
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