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mìng ㄇㄧㄥˋ (1.1): 命令，教令。 Order, command.
| 《·》: | 蚩尤作乱，不用帝命。 | | Chiyou was a rebel, who did not obey the Emperor's command. | | 《》: | 三月，克之，入自皇门，至于逵路，郑伯肉袒牵羊以逆，曰，孤不天，不能事君，使君怀怒，以及敝邑，孤之罪也，敢不唯命是听。 | | 《·》: | 宋公肉袒执牺，委服告病，曰：“大国若宥图之，唯命是听。” | | 《·》: | 唯命是听。 | | 《·》: | 对曰：“某既前受命矣，唯命是听。” |
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mìng ㄇㄧㄥˋ (1.2): 文告，辞命。 Written order, commandment.
| 《·》: | 子曰：“为命：裨谌草创之，世叔讨论之，行人子羽修饰之，东里子产润色之。” | | 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.
| 《》: | 命子封帅车二百乘以伐京。 | | 《》: | 命左右引出，楚捶数百，府丞、掾史十馀人皆谏于廷，弼不对。 |
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mìng ㄇㄧㄥˋ (2.2): 使命。 A (diplomatic) mission.
| 《》: | 犹不改，宣子骤谏，公患之，使锄麑贼之，晨往，寝门辟矣，盛服将朝，尚早，坐而假寐，麑退，叹而言曰，不忘恭敬，民之主也，贼民之主，不忠，弃君之命，不信，有一于此，不如死也，触槐而死。 | | 《·》: | 弃君之命，不信。 | | 《·》: | 贼民之主不忠，弃君之命不信，一于此不若死。 |
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mìng ㄇㄧㄥˋ (2.3): 役使。 Force, make do.
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mìng ㄇㄧㄥˋ (3): 教导，告。 Instruct, tell.
| 《·》: | 嬖人臧仓者请曰：“他日君出，则必命有司所之。” | | 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): 帝王按等级赐给城下仪物。 Gift given by a ruler to his ministers by rank.
| 《·》: | 太宰以王命命冕服，内史赞之，三命而后即冕服。 |
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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. | | 《·》: | 天令之谓命，命非圣人不行。 |
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mìng ㄇㄧㄥˋ (6): 命运。 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. | | 《·》: | 肃肃宵征、抱衾与裯、寔命不犹。 | | Swiftly by night we go, Carrying our coverlets and sheets. Our lot is not like hers. | | 《·》: | 节遇谓之命：是散名之在人者也，是后王之成名也。 |
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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，今也则亡。 | | 《·》: | 上怜之，下诏曰：“中山孝王短命早薨，愿以舅宜乡侯参为关内侯，归家，朕甚愍之。” |
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mìng ㄇㄧㄥˋ (8): 命名。 Call, name, assign a name to.
| 《·》: | 勇：以其敢于是也，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. | | 《·》: | 官名皆以云命，为云师。 | | He ordered his officers to be named after cloud omens. | | 《·》: | 曰：马者，所以命形也。 | | "Horse" is how the shape is named. | | 《》: | 初，晋穆侯之夫人姜氏，以条之役生太子，命之曰仇，其弟以千亩之战生，命之曰成师。 |
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mìng ㄇㄧㄥˋ (9): 信，必。 Know for certain.
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