命 mìng

life; destiny, fate, luck; an order, instruction

HSK 4 #258

DEFINITIONS

  • life
  • destiny, fate, luck
  • an order, instruction
  • life
  • fate
  • order or command
  • to assign a name, title etc

STROKES

WORDS

奉命 fèng mìng to receive orders; to follow orders; to act under orders
算命 suàn mìng fortune-telling; to tell fortune
维他命 wéi tā mìng vitamin (loanword)
生命力 shēng mìng lì vitality
受命 shòu mìng ordained or appointed to a post; to benefit from counsel
毙命 bì mìng to meet violent death; to get killed
自命不凡 zì mìng bù fán to think too much of oneself; self-important; arrogant
致命伤 zhì mìng shāng mortal wound; (fig.) fatal weakness; Achilles' heel
听天由命 tīng tiān yóu mìng to submit to the will of heaven; to resign oneself to fate; to trust to luck
认命 rèn mìng to accept misfortunes as decreed by fate; to be resigned to sth
天命 tiān mìng Mandate of Heaven; destiny; fate; one's life span
亡命 wáng mìng to flee; to go into exile (from prison)
死于非命 sǐ yú fēi mìng violent death (idiom); to die in a disaster; an unnatural death
相依为命 xiāng yī wéi mìng mutually dependent for life (idiom); to rely upon one another for survival; interdependent
出人命 chū rén mìng fatal; resulting in sb's death
革命性 gé mìng xìng revolutionary
命根子 mìng gēn zi see 命根[ming4 gen1]
偿命 cháng mìng to pay with one's life
死命 sǐ mìng doom; death; desperately
短命 duǎn mìng to die young; short-lived
亡命之徒 wáng mìng zhī tú runaway (idiom); desperate criminal; fugitive
命题 mìng tí proposition (logic, math.); to assign an essay topic
人命关天 rén mìng guān tiān human life is beyond value (idiom)
舍命 shě mìng to risk one's life
自命 zì mìng to consider oneself to be (sth positive)
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