军令如山 — Chinese idiom
军令如山
jūn lìng rú shān
Traditional: 軍令如山
Meaning
- military orders are like mountains
- a military order must be obeyed
Character by character
- 军jūnarmy, military; soldiers, troops
- 令lìngcommand, decree, order; magistrate; to allow, to c
- 如rúas, as if, like, such as, supposing
- 山shānmountain, hill, peak
Idioms sharing a character
- 全军覆没 quán jūn fù mò
- 千军万马 qiān jūn wàn mǎ
- 孤军奋战 gū jūn fèn zhàn
- 溃不成军 kuì bù chéng jūn
- 异军突起 yì jūn tū qǐ
- 三令五申 sān lìng wǔ shēn
- 令人瞩目 lìng rén zhǔ mù
- 令人发指 lìng rén fà zhǐ
- 令行禁止 lìng xíng jìn zhǐ
- 利令智昏 lì lìng zhì hūn
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