命[𠇮]mìnɡⅠ ❶ (生命； 性命) life: 救 ～ save sb.'s life; help; 死于非 ～ die of violence or accident; die an unnatural death
❷ （命运） fate; lot; fortune; destiny: 苦 ～ hard lot; cruel fate; 算 ～ tell sb.'s fortune; 宿 ～ 论 fatalism; 安天乐 ～ happy with one's lot; 她已经听天由 ～ 了。 She has resigned herself to fate.
❸ (命令； 指示) order; command: 待 ～ await orders; 奉 ～ receive order; 遵 ～ obey order Ⅱ ❶ (命令；指派) order; appoint: ～ 驾 order your carriage; do me the honour of your visit; 任 ～ appoint sb. to a post
❷ （给与名称等） assign (a name etc.): ～ 意 assign a theme [topic]
◆命案 a case involving the killing of a person; homicide case; 命笔 [书] take up one's pen; set pen to paper; 命不该绝 be fated not to die; be not fated to die (this time); Providence willed it that one should escape death.; 命定 determined by fate; predestined; 命赴黄泉 set out on one's journey to the Yellow Spring — dying; 命根子 one's very life; life-line; lifeblood; one's dearest child; the source of life; 命蹇时乖 The time and fates are against someone.; adverse fate and unfavourable circumstances; 命令 order; command; directive; instruction; 命令语言 command language; 命脉 lifeblood; lifeline; 命门 {中医} the gate of vitality; life-gate; {穴位} Mingmen (GV 4); 命名 nominate; nomenclature; name; 命数 destiny; fate; lot; 命题 assign a topic; set a question; {逻} proposition; statement; thesis; {数} proposition; 命题学习 proposition study; 命途多舛 suffer many a setback during one's life; adverse fortune; be down on one's luck; very unlucky; 命运 destiny; fate; lot; fortune; 命中注定 decreed by fate; be fated to do sth.; predestined; 命中 hit the target [mark]; score a hit |