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mìng ㄇㄧㄥˋ (1.1): 命令，教令。 Order, command.
| 《·》: | 蚩尤作亂，不用帝命。 | | Chiyou was a rebel, who did not obey the Emperor's command. | | 《》: | 三月，克之，入自皇門，至于逵路，鄭伯肉袒牽羊以逆，曰，孤不天，不能事君，使君懷怒，以及敝邑，孤之罪也，敢不唯命是聽。 | | 《·》: | 宋公肉袒執犧，委服告病，曰：「大國若宥圖之，唯命是聽。」 | | 《·》: | 唯命是聽。 | | 《·》: | 對曰：「某既前受命矣，唯命是聽。」 |
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mìng ㄇㄧㄥˋ (1.2): 文告，辭命。 Written order, commandment.
| 《·》: | 子曰：「為命：裨諶草創之，世叔討論之，行人子羽脩飾之，東里子產潤色之。」 | | The Master said, "In preparing the governmental notifications, Pi Shen first made the rough draft; Shi Shu examined and discussed its contents; Zi Yu, the manager of foreign intercourse, then polished the style; and, finally, Zi Chan of Dong Li gave it the proper elegance and finish." |
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mìng ㄇㄧㄥˋ (2.1): 指派，差遣。 Send (on a mission), dispatch.
| 《》: | 命子封帥車二百乘以伐京。 | | 《》: | 命左右引出，楚捶數百，府丞、掾史十餘人皆諫於廷，弼不對。 |
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mìng ㄇㄧㄥˋ (2.2): 使命。 A (diplomatic) mission.
| 《》: | 猶不改，宣子驟諫，公患之，使鉏麑賊之，晨往，寢門闢矣，盛服將朝，尚早，坐而假寐，麑退，歎而言曰，不忘恭敬，民之主也，賊民之主，不忠，棄君之命，不信，有一於此，不如死也，觸槐而死。 | | 《·》: | 棄君之命，不信。 | | 《·》: | 賊民之主不忠，棄君之命不信，一於此不若死。 |
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mìng ㄇㄧㄥˋ (2.3): 役使。 Force, make do.
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mìng ㄇㄧㄥˋ (3): 教導，告。 Instruct, tell.
| 《·》: | 嬖人臧倉者請曰：「他日君出，則必命有司所之。」 | | When his favourite, one Zang Cang, made a request to him, saying, 'On other days, when you have gone out, you have given instructions to the officers as to where you were going.' | | 《·》: | 匪面命之、言提其耳。 | | Not [only] did I charge you face to face, But I held you by the ears. |
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mìng ㄇㄧㄥˋ (4): 帝王按等級賜給城下儀物。 Gift given by a ruler to his ministers by rank.
| 《·》: | 太宰以王命命冕服，內史贊之，三命而後即冕服。 |
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mìng ㄇㄧㄥˋ (5): 天命。 Will of heaven.
| 《·》: | 永言配命、自求多福。 | | Always striving to accord with the will [of Heaven]. So shall you be seeking for much happiness. | | 《·》: | 天令之謂命，命非聖人不行。 |
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mìng ㄇㄧㄥˋ (6): 命運。 Fate.
| 《·》: | 若若是，且夭，非夭也。 | | If this is so, then: Being about to die young is not dying young. | | 《·》: | 莫之致而至者，命也。 | | That which happens without man's causing is from the ordinance of Heaven. | | 《·》: | 肅肅宵征、抱衾與裯、寔命不猶。 | | Swiftly by night we go, Carrying our coverlets and sheets. Our lot is not like hers. | | 《·》: | 節遇謂之命：是散名之在人者也，是後王之成名也。 |
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mìng ㄇㄧㄥˋ (7): 生命。 Life, lifespan.
| 《·》: | 不幸短命死矣！ | | Unfortunately, his appointed time was short and he died. | | 《》: | 不幸短命死矣，今也則亡。 | | 《·》: | 上憐之，下詔曰：「中山孝王短命早薨，願以舅宜鄉侯參為關內侯，歸家，朕甚愍之。」 |
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mìng ㄇㄧㄥˋ (8): 命名。 Call, name, assign a name to.
| 《·》: | 勇：以其敢於是也，命之。 | | One names a man 'brave' because of what he does dare; one does not raise as an objection something else that he does not dare. | | 《·》: | 官名皆以雲命，為雲師。 | | He ordered his officers to be named after cloud omens. | | 《·》: | 曰：馬者，所以命形也。 | | "Horse" is how the shape is named. | | 《》: | 初，晉穆侯之夫人姜氏，以條之役生太子，命之曰仇，其弟以千畝之戰生，命之曰成師。 |
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mìng ㄇㄧㄥˋ (9): 信，必。 Know for certain.
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