Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 命


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Meaning

life, fate, order or command

Pronunciation

mìng

Explanation

Left: mouth , top/right: order, command (A lid on the bent person, was ordered)

Mnemonic

The mouth orders to live.

Radicals

mouth, opening(This is a small square. If it is bigger: , it is an enclosure.)
cover
order, command
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Vocabulary

生命 shēng mìng life; living; biological
寿命 shòu mìng life span; life expectancy
辛亥革命 Xīn hài gé mìng the Xinhai revolution of 1911 that ended the Qing dynasty
民主革命 mín zhǔ gé mìng democratic revolution; bourgeois revolution (in Marx-Leninist theory, a prelude to the proletarian revolution)
大革命 dà gé mìng great revolution
奉命 fèng mìng to receive orders; to follow orders; to act under orders
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
时乖命蹇 shí guāi mìng jiǎn bad times, adverse fate (idiom)
诫命 jiè mìng commandment
命令 mìng lìng order; command
革命 gé mìng revolution; revolutionary (politics)

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