令行禁止 — Chinese idiom
令行禁止
lìng xíng jìn zhǐ
Meaning
- (lit.) orders are carried out and prohibitions are observed
- (fig.) to execute every order without fail
Character by character
- 令lìngcommand, decree, order; magistrate; to allow, to c
- 行xíngto go, to walk, to move; professional
- 禁jìnto restrict, to prohibit, to forbid; to endure
- 止zhǐto stop, to halt; to detain; to desist
Idioms sharing a character
- 三令五申 sān lìng wǔ shēn
- 令人瞩目 lìng rén zhǔ mù
- 令人发指 lìng rén fà zhǐ
- 利令智昏 lì lìng zhì hūn
- 巧言令色 qiǎo yán lìng sè
- 朝令夕改 zhāo lìng xī gǎi
- 发号施令 fā hào shī lìng
- 色令智昏 sè lìng zhì hūn
- 军令如山 jūn lìng rú shān
- 一意孤行 yī yì gū xíng
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