- lit. orders are carried out and prohibitions are observed (idiom)fig. to execute every order without fail
Characters
- 令 (令): used in 脊令[ji2 ling2]; used in 令狐[Ling2 hu2] (Taiwan pr. [ling4])
- 行 (行): row; line; commercial firm; line of business; profession; to rank (first, second etc) among one's siblings (by age); (in data tables) row; (Tw) column
- 禁 (禁): to endure
- 止 (止): to stop; to prohibit; until; only
Resources
- Wiktionary: 令行禁止
- MDBG: 令行禁止
- Examples with 令行禁止 on Tatoeba
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