mìng

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Definitions

  1. 1. life
  2. 2. fate
  3. 3. order or command
  4. 4. to assign a name, title etc

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Words Containing 命

任命
rèn mìng

to appoint

使命
shǐ mìng

mission

命令
mìng lìng

order

命名
mìng míng

to give a name to

命运
mìng yùn

fate; destiny

命题
mìng tí

proposition (logic, math.)

寿命
shòu mìng

life span

性命
xìng mìng

life

拼命
pīn mìng

to do one's utmost; with all one's might; at all costs; (to work or fight) as if one's life depends on it

救命
jiù mìng

to save sb's life

生命
shēng mìng

life (as the characteristic of living beings)

生命线
shēng mìng xiàn

lifeline

相依为命
xiāng yī wéi mìng

mutually dependent for life (idiom); to rely upon one another for survival

致命
zhì mìng

fatal

要命
yào mìng

to cause sb's death

革命
gé mìng

to withdraw the mandate of heaven (and transition to a new dynasty) (original meaning)

K他命
k tā mìng

ketamine (C13H16ClNO) (slang)

一命归西
yī mìng guī xī

see 一命嗚呼|一命呜呼[yī mìng wū hū]

一命归天
yī mìng guī tiān

see 一命嗚呼|一命呜呼[yī mìng wū hū]

一命呜呼
yī mìng wū hū

to die (idiom)

一命归阴
yī mìng guī yīn

see 一命嗚呼|一命呜呼[yī mìng wū hū]

一枪命中
yī qiāng mìng zhòng

to hit with the first shot (idiom)

一钱如命
yī qián rú mìng

stingy; penny-pinching

三军用命
sān jūn yòng mìng

(of a team) to throw oneself into the battle

不听命
bù tīng mìng

to disobey

丢命
diū mìng

to die

中国国民党革命委员会
zhōng guó guó mín dǎng gé mìng wěi yuán huì

Revolutionary Committee of the Kuomintang

二次革命
èr cì gé mìng

Second Revolution, campaign from 1913 of the provisional revolutionary government (under Sun Yat-sen and the Guomindang) against Yuan Shikai 袁世凱|袁世凯[yuán shì kǎi] and the Northern Warlords

亡命
wáng mìng

to flee

亡命之徒
wáng mìng zhī tú

runaway (idiom); desperate criminal

人命
rén mìng

human life

人命关天
rén mìng guān tiān

human life is beyond value (idiom)

以人名命名
yǐ rén míng mìng míng

to name sth after a person

任命状
rèn mìng zhuàng

certificate of appointment (to government office)

保命
bǎo mìng

to save one's life

候命
hòu mìng

to await orders

借命
jiè mìng

to live out a pointless existence

伪命题
wěi mìng tí

false proposition

催命
cuī mìng

to press sb to death

偿命
cháng mìng

to pay with one's life

光荣革命
guāng róng gé mìng

Glorious Revolution (England, 1688)

克他命
kè tā mìng

ketamine (loanword)

八字命理
bā zì mìng lǐ

divination based on the eight characters of one's birth date

八宝山革命公墓
bā bǎo shān gé mìng gōng mù

Mt Babao Revolutionary Cemetery in Haidian district of Beijing

冒生命危险
mào shēng mìng wēi xiǎn

to risk one's life

出人命
chū rén mìng

fatal

十月革命
shí yuè gé mìng

October Revolution

半条命
bàn tiáo mìng

half a life

反革命
fǎn gé mìng

counterrevolutionary

反革命宣传煽动罪
fǎn gé mìng xuān chuán shān dòng zuì

the crime of instigating counterrevolutionary propaganda

受命
shòu mìng

ordained or appointed to a post

受命于天
shòu mìng yú tiān

to be emperor by the grace of heaven; to have the mandate of heaven

受洗命名
shòu xǐ mìng míng

to be christened

命不久已
mìng bù jiǔ yǐ

at death's door

命中
mìng zhòng

to hit (a target)

命中率
mìng zhòng lǜ

hit rate

命中注定
mìng zhōng zhù dìng

decreed by fate (idiom)

命令句
mìng lìng jù

imperative sentence

命令行
mìng lìng háng

command line (computing)

命危
mìng wēi

(medicine) in a critical condition

命名日
mìng míng rì

name day (tradition of celebrating a given name on a certain day of the year)

命名法
mìng míng fǎ

nomenclature

命名系统
mìng míng xì tǒng

system of nomenclature

命在旦夕
mìng zài dàn xī

to be at death's door (idiom)

命大
mìng dà

lucky (to have escaped death or serious injury)

命定
mìng dìng

to be predestined

命根
mìng gēn

lifeblood

命根子
mìng gēn zi

see 命根[mìng gēn]

命案
mìng àn

homicide case

命归黄泉
mìng guī huáng quán

lit. to return to the Yellow Springs 黃泉|黄泉[huáng quán] (idiom)

命理
mìng lǐ

fate

命理学
mìng lǐ xué

divination; divinatory art

命盘
mìng pán

natal chart (astrology)

命相
mìng xiàng

horoscope

命脉
mìng mài

lifeline

命苦
mìng kǔ

to be born under an ill star

命薄
mìng bó

to be unlucky

命赴黄泉
mìng fù huáng quán

to visit the Yellow Springs

命途
mìng tú

the course of one's life

命途坎坷
mìng tú kǎn kě

to have a tough life

命途多舛
mìng tú duō chuǎn

to meet with many difficulties in one's life (idiom)

命题逻辑
mìng tí luó ji

propositional logic

唯命是从
wéi mìng shì cóng

to follow obediently

丧命
sàng mìng

to lose one's life

嗜酒如命
shì jiǔ rú mìng

to love wine as one's life (idiom); fond of the bottle

四一二反革命政变
sì yī èr fǎn gé mìng zhèng biàn

counterrevolutionary coup of 12th April 1927, Chiang Kai-shek's coup against the communists in Shanghai

国民革命军
guó mín gé mìng jūn

National Revolutionary Army

图财害命
tú cái hài mìng

see 謀財害命|谋财害命[móu cái hài mìng]

寿命不长
shòu mìng bù cháng

one's days are numbered

天命
tiān mìng

Mandate of Heaven

奉命
fèng mìng

to receive orders

奔命
bēn mìng

to rush about on errands

好命
hǎo mìng

lucky

姒文命
sì wén mìng

Si Wenming, personal name of Yu the Great 大禹[dà yǔ]

威尊命贱
wēi zūn mìng jiàn

orders weightier than life

安身立命
ān shēn lì mìng

to settle down and pursue one's path in life (idiom)

安非他命
ān fēi tā mìng

amphetamine (medical) (loanword)

害命
hài mìng

to kill sb

宿命
sù mìng

predestination

宿命论
sù mìng lùn

fatalism

宿命通
sù mìng tōng

(Buddhism) recollection of past lives

寒武纪生命大爆发
hán wǔ jì shēng mìng dà bào fā

the Cambrian explosion

尊命
zūn mìng

your order (honorific)

对证命名
duì zhèng mìng míng

confrontation naming

工业革命
gōng yè gé mìng

Industrial Revolution, c. 1750-1830

平均寿命
píng jūn shòu mìng

life expectancy

待命
dài mìng

to be on call

从命
cóng mìng

to obey an order

复命
fù mìng

to report on completion of a mission

性命攸关
xìng mìng yōu guān

vitally important

性质命题
xìng zhì mìng tí

categorical proposition (logic)

怨命
yuàn mìng

to complain about one's fate

恭敬不如从命
gōng jìng bù rú cóng mìng

deference is no substitute for obedience (idiom)

惟命是听
wéi mìng shì tīng

see 唯命是從|唯命是从[wéi mìng shì cóng]

爱之如命
ài zhī rú mìng

to love sb (or sth) as one loves life itself

爱财如命
ài cái rú mìng

lit. to love money as much as one's own life (idiom)

应急待命
yìng jí dài mìng

emergency standby

戒命
jiè mìng

prohibition

批命
pī mìng

to tell sb's fortune

抗命
kàng mìng

against orders

拚命
pàn mìng

see 拼命[pīn mìng]

拼命三郎
pīn mìng sān láng

brave man, willing to risk his life

拼命讨好
pīn mìng tǎo hǎo

to throw oneself at sb or sth

捐命
juān mìng

to lay down one's life

舍命
shě mìng

to risk one's life

授命
shòu mìng

to give orders

搏命
bó mìng

to fight with all one has

救人一命胜造七级浮屠
jiù rén yī mìng shèng zào qī jí fú tú

saving a life is more meritorious than building a seven-floor pagoda (idiom)

救命稻草
jiù mìng dào cǎo

(one's) last straw to clutch at

敢不从命
gǎn bù cóng mìng

to not dare to disobey an order (idiom)

数字命理学
shù zì mìng lǐ xué

numerology

毙命
bì mìng

to meet violent death

文化大革命
wén huà dà gé mìng

Cultural Revolution (1966-1976)

新民主主义革命
xīn mín zhǔ zhǔ yì gé mìng

(Maoism) New Democracy (aka New Democratic Revolution)

方命
fāng mìng

against orders

星命家
xīng mìng jiā

astrologer (esp. Daoist)

时乖命蹇
shí guāi mìng jiǎn

bad times, adverse fate (idiom)

未命名
wèi mìng míng

untitled

本命年
běn mìng nián

year of one's birth sign, according to the cycle of 12 animals of the earthly branches 地支[dì zhī]

乐天知命
lè tiān zhī mìng

to be content with what one is

机关算尽太聪明,反算了卿卿性命
jī guān suàn jìn tài cōng ming , fǎn suàn le qīng qīng xìng mìng

if one is too calculating, it will be the cause of one's own undoing (famous line in \A Dream of Red Mansions\ 紅樓夢|红楼梦[hóng lóu mèng])

死命
sǐ mìng

doom

死于非命
sǐ yú fēi mìng

violent death (idiom); to die in a disaster

殒命
yǔn mìng

to die

民主革命
mín zhǔ gé mìng

democratic revolution

没命
méi mìng

to lose one's life

法国大革命
fǎ guó dà gé mìng

French Revolution (1789-1799)

法国革命
fǎ guó gé mìng

French Revolution (1789)

活命
huó mìng

life

汤武革命
tāng wǔ gé mìng

the Tang and Wu Revolts: the overthrow (c. 1600 BC) of the Xia Dynasty by the first king, Tang 商湯|商汤[shāng tāng], of the Shang Dynasty, and the overthrow (c. 1046 BC) of the Shang Dynasty by the Zhou Dynasty founder, King Wu 周武王[zhōu wǔ wáng]

无生命
wú shēng mìng

inert

狠命
hěn mìng

exerting all one's strength

生命不息,战斗不止
shēng mìng bù xī , zhàn dòu bù zhǐ

while there is life, the fight continues (idiom); to fight to the last

生命力
shēng mìng lì

vitality

生命吠陀
shēng mìng fèi tuó

see 阿育吠陀[ā yù fèi tuó]

生命在于运动
shēng mìng zài yú yùn dòng

life is motion (popular saying with many possible interpretations)

生命多样性
shēng mìng duō yàng xìng

biodiversity

生命带
shēng mìng dài

(astrobiology) circumstellar habitable zone

生命征象
shēng mìng zhēng xiàng

see 生命體徵|生命体征[shēng mìng tǐ zhēng]

生命科学
shēng mìng kē xué

life sciences

生命迹象
shēng mìng jì xiàng

see 生命體徵|生命体征[shēng mìng tǐ zhēng]

生命周期
shēng mìng zhōu qī

life cycle

生命体征
shēng mìng tǐ zhēng

vital signs

生死有命
shēng sǐ yǒu mìng

life and death are ruled by fate (idiom)

用命
yòng mìng

to follow orders

甲基安非他命
jiǎ jī ān fēi tā mìng

methamphetamine

申命记
shēn mìng jì

Book of Deuteronomy

毕命
bì mìng

to die (in an accident etc)

疲于奔命
pí yú bēn mìng

(idiom) terribly busy

直言命题
zhí yán mìng tí

categorical proposition (logic)

相命者
xiāng mìng zhě

fortune teller

真命
zhēn mìng

to receive heaven's command (of Daoist immortals etc)

短命
duǎn mìng

to die young

短命鬼
duǎn mìng guǐ

sb who dies prematurely

碍难从命
ài nán cóng mìng

difficult to obey orders (idiom); much to my embarrassment, I am unable to comply

禄命
lù mìng

person's lot through life

算命
suàn mìng

fortune-telling

算命先生
suàn mìng xiān sheng

fortune-teller

算命家
suàn mìng jiā

fortune-teller

算命者
suàn mìng zhě

fortune-teller

红颜薄命
hóng yán bó mìng

beautiful women suffer unhappy fates (idiom)

索命
suǒ mìng

to demand sb's life

绝命
jué mìng

to commit suicide

绝命书
jué mìng shū

suicide note

维他命
wéi tā mìng

vitamin (loanword)

耳提面命
ěr tí miàn mìng

to give sincere advice (idiom)

听命
tīng mìng

to obey an order

听天安命
tīng tiān ān mìng

to accept one's situation as dictated by heaven (idiom)

听天由命
tīng tiān yóu mìng

to submit to the will of heaven

临危受命
lín wēi shòu mìng

(idiom) to take on a leadership role at a time of crisis

临危授命
lín wēi shòu mìng

to sacrifice one's life in a crisis

自命
zì mìng

to consider oneself to be (sth positive)

自命不凡
zì mìng bù fán

to think too much of oneself

自命清高
zì mìng qīng gāo

to think of oneself as high and pure (idiom); smug and self-righteous

致命伤
zhì mìng shāng

mortal wound

旧民主主义革命
jiù mín zhǔ zhǔ yì gé mìng

bourgeois revolution (in Marx-Leninist theory, a prelude to the proletarian revolution)

苦命
kǔ mìng

hard lot

草芥人命
cǎo jiè rén mìng

see 草菅人命[cǎo jiān rén mìng]

草菅人命
cǎo jiān rén mìng

to have disregard for human life (idiom)

薄命
bó mìng

to be born under an unlucky star (usu. of women)