军令如山 jūn lìng rú shān

DEFINITIONS

  1. military orders are like mountains (idiom)
  2. a military order must be obeyed

CHARACTERS

军 jūn
HSK 5
army, military; soldiers, troops
令 lìng
HSK 5
command, order; 'commandant', magistrate; allow, cause
如 rú
HSK 3
if, supposing; as if; like, as
山 shān
HSK 3
mountain, hill, peak