| Simplified | Traditional | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| 命 | 命 | mìng | - life - fate - order or command - to assign a name, title etc |
| 丢命 | 丟命 | diūmìng | - to die |
| 亡命 | 亡命 | wángmìng | - to flee - to go into exile (from prison) |
| 人命 | 人命 | rénmìng | - human life - CL:條|条[tiao2] |
| 任命 | 任命 | rènmìng | - to appoint and nominate - (job) appointment - CL:紙|纸[zhi3] |
| 使命 | 使命 | shǐmìng | - mission (diplomatic or other) - set task |
| 保命 | 保命 | bǎomìng | - to save one's life - to survive |
| 借命 | 借命 | jièmìng | - to live out a pointless existence |
| 催命 | 催命 | cuīmìng | - to press sb to death - fig. to pressurize sb continually |
| 偿命 | 償命 | chángmìng | - to pay with one's life |
| 受命 | 受命 | shòumìng | - ordained or appointed to a post - to benefit from counsel |
| 命中 | 命中 | mìngzhòng | - to hit (a target) |
| 命令 | 命令 | mìnglìng | - order - command - CL:道[dao4],個|个[ge4] |
| 命危 | 命危 | mìngwēi | - critical - life threatening (medicine) |
| 命名 | 命名 | mìngmíng | - to give a name to - to dub - to christen - to designate - named after - naming |
| 命定 | 命定 | mìngdìng | - to be predestined |
| 命根 | 命根 | mìnggēn | - lifeblood - the thing that one cherishes most in life - (coll.) family jewels (male genitals) |
| 命案 | 命案 | mìngàn | - fatal case (legal, criminal, medical etc) |
| 命盘 | 命盤 | mìngpán | - natal chart (astrology) |
| 命相 | 命相 | mìngxiàng | - horoscope |
| 命脉 | 命脈 | mìngmài | - lifeline |
| 命苦 | 命苦 | mìngkǔ | - to be born under an ill star |
| 命薄 | 命薄 | mìngbó | - to be unlucky |
| 命途 | 命途 | mìngtú | - the course of one's life - one's fate |
| 命运 | 命運 | mìngyùn | - fate - destiny - CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 命题 | 命題 | mìngtí | - proposition (logic, math.) - to assign an essay topic |
| 丧命 | 喪命 | sàngmìng | - to lose one's life |
| 寿命 | 壽命 | shòumìng | - life span - life expectancy - lifetime (of a machine) |
| 天命 | 天命 | Tiānmìng | - Mandate of Heaven - destiny - fate - one's life span |
| 奉命 | 奉命 | fèngmìng | - to receive orders - to follow orders - to act under orders |
| 奔命 | 奔命 | bēnmìng | - to rush about on errands - to be kept on the run |
| 好命 | 好命 | hǎomìng | - lucky - blessed with good fortune |
| 害命 | 害命 | hàimìng | - to kill sb - to murder |
| 宿命 | 宿命 | sùmìng | - predestination - karma |
| 尊命 | 尊命 | zūnmìng | - your order (honorific) |
| 待命 | 待命 | dàimìng | - to be on call - to be on standby |
| 从命 | 從命 | cóngmìng | - to obey an order - to comply - to do sb's bidding - to do as requested |
| 复命 | 復命 | fùmìng | - to report on completion of a mission - debriefing |
| 性命 | 性命 | xìngmìng | - life |
| 怨命 | 怨命 | yuànmìng | - to complain about one's fate - to bemoan one's lot |
| 戒命 | 戒命 | jièmìng | - prohibition |
| 批命 | 批命 | pīmìng | - to tell sb's fortune |
| 抗命 | 抗命 | kàngmìng | - against orders - to disobey - to refuse to accept orders |
| 拚命 | 拚命 | pànmìng | - see 拼命[pin1 ming4] |
| 拼命 | 拼命 | pīnmìng | - 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 |
| 捐命 | 捐命 | juānmìng | - to lay down one's life |
| 舍命 | 捨命 | shěmìng | - to risk one's life |
| 授命 | 授命 | shòumìng | - to give orders |
| 救命 | 救命 | jiùmìng | - to save sb's life - (interjection) Help! - (interjection) Save me! |
| 毙命 | 斃命 | bìmìng | - to meet violent death - to get killed |
| 方命 | 方命 | fāngmìng | - against orders - to disobey - to refuse to accept orders |
| 钦命 | 欽命 | qīnmìng | - Imperial order or edict (old) |
| 死命 | 死命 | sǐmìng | - doom - death - desperately |
| 殒命 | 殞命 | yǔnmìng | - to die - to perish |
| 没命 | 沒命 | méimìng | - to lose one's life - to die - recklessly - desperately |
| 活命 | 活命 | huómìng | - life - to survive - to save a life - to scrape a living |
| 狠命 | 狠命 | hěnmìng | - exerting all one's strength |
| 生命 | 生命 | shēngmìng | - life - living - biological - CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 用命 | 用命 | yòngmìng | - to follow orders - to abide by - to obey |
| 毕命 | 畢命 | bìmìng | - to die (in an accident etc) - to have one's life cut short |
| 真命 | 真命 | zhēnmìng | - to receive heaven's command (of Daoist immortals etc) - ordained by heaven |
| 短命 | 短命 | duǎnmìng | - to die young - short-lived |
| 禄命 | 祿命 | lùmìng | - person's lot through life |
| 算命 | 算命 | suànmìng | - fortune-telling - to tell fortune |
| 索命 | 索命 | suǒmìng | - to demand sb's life |
| 绝命 | 絕命 | juémìng | - to commit suicide - to have one's life cut short |
| 听命 | 聽命 | tīngmìng | - to obey an order - to take orders - to accept a state of affairs |
| 自命 | 自命 | zìmìng | - to consider oneself to be (sth positive) |
| 致命 | 致命 | zhìmìng | - fatal - mortal - deadly - to sacrifice one's life |
| 苦命 | 苦命 | kǔmìng | - hard lot - bitter fate - unfortunate |
| 薄命 | 薄命 | bómìng | - to be born under an unlucky star (usu. of women) - to be born unlucky |
| 要命 | 要命 | yàomìng | - to cause sb's death - very - extremely - frightening - annoying |
| 认命 | 認命 | rènmìng | - to accept misfortunes as decreed by fate - to be resigned to sth |
| 诫命 | 誡命 | jièmìng | - commandment |
| 卖命 | 賣命 | màimìng | - to throw one's life in for - to haplessly give one's life for - to sacrifice oneself torturously working for another or for a group - to pour in one's utmost effort - to shed one's last ounce of strength for |
| 送命 | 送命 | sòngmìng | - to lose one's life - to get killed |
| 逃命 | 逃命 | táomìng | - to escape - to flee - to run for one's life |
| 运命 | 運命 | yùnmìng | - fate - one's fortune |
| 违命 | 違命 | wéimìng | - disobedient - to violate the Mandate of Heaven (天命[Tian1 Ming4]) |
| 遵命 | 遵命 | zūnmìng | - to follow your orders - to do as you bid |
| 陨命 | 隕命 | yǔnmìng | - variant of 殞命|殒命[yun3 ming4] - to die - to perish |
| 灵命 | 靈命 | língmìng | - the will of Heaven - the will of God |
| 非命 | 非命 | fēimìng | - violent death - killed in a disaster |
| 革命 | 革命 | gémìng | - revolution - revolutionary (politics) - CL:次[ci4] |
| 领命 | 領命 | lǐngmìng | - to accept an order |
| 饶命 | 饒命 | ráomìng | - to spare sb's life |
| K他命 | K他命 | ktāmìng | - ketamine (C13H16ClNO) (slang) |
| 不听命 | 不聽命 | bùtīngmìng | - to disobey |
| 克他命 | 克他命 | kètāmìng | - ketamine (loanword) |
| 出人命 | 出人命 | chūrénmìng | - fatal - resulting in sb's death |
| 半条命 | 半條命 | bàntiáomìng | - half a life - only half alive - barely alive - (scared, beaten etc) half to death |
| 反革命 | 反革命 | fǎngémìng | - counter-revolutionary |
| 命中率 | 命中率 | mìngzhònglǜ | - hit rate - scoring rate |
| 命令句 | 命令句 | mìnglìngjù | - imperative sentence |
| 命令行 | 命令行 | mìnglìngháng | - command line (computing) |
| 命名日 | 命名日 | mìngmíngrì | - name day (tradition of celebrating a given name on a certain day of the year) |
| 命名法 | 命名法 | mìngmíngfǎ | - nomenclature |
| 命根子 | 命根子 | mìnggēnzi | - see 命根[ming4 gen1] |
| 命理学 | 命理學 | mìnglǐxué | - numerology |
| 大革命 | 大革命 | dàgémìng | - great revolution |
| 姒文命 | 姒文命 | SìWénmìng | - Si Wenming, personal name of Yu the Great 大禹[Da4 Yu3] |
| 宿命论 | 宿命論 | sùmìnglùn | - fatalism - fatalistic |
| 星命家 | 星命家 | xīngmìngjiā | - astrologer (esp. Daoist) |
| 未命名 | 未命名 | wèimìngmíng | - untitled - unnamed - no name - nameless - unknown name |
| 本命年 | 本命年 | běnmìngnián | - year of one's birth sign, according to the cycle of 12 animals of the earthly branches 地支[di4 zhi1] |
| 无生命 | 無生命 | wúshēngmìng | - inert - lifeless |
| 玩儿命 | 玩兒命 | wánrmìng | - to gamble with life - to take reckless risks |
| 生命力 | 生命力 | shēngmìnglì | - vitality |
| 生命线 | 生命線 | shēngmìngxiàn | - lifeline |
| 申命记 | 申命記 | Shēnmìngjì | - Book of Deuteronomy - Fifth Book of Moses |
| 相命者 | 相命者 | xiāngmìngzhě | - fortune teller |
| 短命鬼 | 短命鬼 | duǎnmìngguǐ | - sb who dies prematurely |
| 算命家 | 算命家 | suànmìngjiā | - fortune-teller |
| 算命者 | 算命者 | suànmìngzhě | - fortune-teller |
| 绝命书 | 絕命書 | juémìngshū | - suicide note |
| 维他命 | 維他命 | wéitāmìng | - vitamin (loanword) |
| 维它命 | 維它命 | wéitāmìng | - variant of 維他命|维他命[wei2 ta1 ming4] |
| 致命伤 | 致命傷 | zhìmìngshāng | - mortal wound - (fig.) fatal weakness - Achilles' heel |
| 非致命 | 非致命 | fēizhìmìng | - not fatal - not life-threatening (medical condition) |
| 革命家 | 革命家 | gémìngjiā | - a revolutionary |
| 革命性 | 革命性 | gémìngxìng | - revolutionary |
| 革命军 | 革命軍 | gémìngjūn | - revolutionary army |
| 革命党 | 革命黨 | gémìngdǎng | - the revolutionary party |
| 一命呜呼 | 一命嗚呼 | yīmìngwūhū | - to die (idiom) - to breathe one's last - to give up the ghost |
| 一命归天 | 一命歸天 | yīmìngguītiān | - see 一命嗚呼|一命呜呼[yi1 ming4 wu1 hu1] |
| 一命归西 | 一命歸西 | yīmìngguīxī | - see 一命嗚呼|一命呜呼[yi1 ming4 wu1 hu1] |
| 一命归阴 | 一命歸陰 | yīmìngguīyīn | - see 一命嗚呼|一命呜呼[yi1 ming4 wu1 hu1] |
| 一钱如命 | 一錢如命 | yīqiánrúmìng | - stingy - penny-pinching |
| 三军用命 | 三軍用命 | sānjūnyòngmìng | - (of a team) to throw oneself into the battle |
| 二次革命 | 二次革命 | èrcìgémìng | - second revolution - campaign from 1913 of the provisional revolutionary government (under Sun Yat-sen and the Guomindang) against Yuan Shikai 袁世凱|袁世凯 and the Northern Warlords |
| 亡命之徒 | 亡命之徒 | wángmìngzhītú | - runaway (idiom); desperate criminal - fugitive |
| 人命关天 | 人命關天 | rénmìngguāntiān | - human life is beyond value (idiom) |
| 光荣革命 | 光榮革命 | GuāngróngGémìng | - Glorious Revolution (England, 1688) |
| 十月革命 | 十月革命 | ShíyuèGémìng | - October Revolution |
| 受命于天 | 受命于天 | shòumìngyútiān | - to become Emperor by the grace of Heaven - to "receive the Mandate of Heaven" (traditional English translation) |
| 受洗命名 | 受洗命名 | shòuxǐmìngmíng | - to be christened |
| 命不久已 | 命不久已 | mìngbùjiǔyǐ | - at death's door |
| 命中注定 | 命中註定 | mìngzhōngzhùdìng | - decreed by fate (idiom) - destined - fated |
| 命名作业 | 命名作業 | mìngmíngzuòyè | - naming task |
| 命名系统 | 命名系統 | mìngmíngxìtǒng | - system of nomenclature |
| 命在旦夕 | 命在旦夕 | mìngzàidànxī | - to be at death's door (idiom) |
| 命归黄泉 | 命歸黃泉 | mìngguīHuángquán | - lit. to return to the Yellow Springs 黃泉|黄泉[Huang2 quan2] (idiom) - fig. to die - to meet one's end |
| 命赴黄泉 | 命赴黃泉 | mìngfùHuángquán | - to visit the Yellow Springs - to die |
| 命途坎坷 | 命途坎坷 | mìngtúkǎnkě | - to have a tough life - to meet much adversity in one's life |
| 命途多舛 | 命途多舛 | mìngtúduōchuǎn | - to meet with many difficulties in one's life (idiom) |
| 命运注定 | 命運註定 | mìngyùnzhùdìng | - ordain |
| 命题逻辑 | 命題邏輯 | mìngtíluóji | - propositional logic |
| 唯命是从 | 唯命是從 | wéimìngshìcóng | - to follow obediently |
| 嗜酒如命 | 嗜酒如命 | shìjiǔrúmìng | - to love wine as one's life (idiom); fond of the bottle |
| 寿命不长 | 壽命不長 | shòumìngbùcháng | - one's days are numbered - not to have long to live (often fig.) |
| 威尊命贱 | 威尊命賤 | wēizūnmìngjiàn | - orders weightier than life |
| 安身立命 | 安身立命 | ānshēnlìmìng | - settle down and get on with one's pursuit |
| 安非他命 | 安非他命 | ānfēitāmìng | - amphetamine (medical) (loanword) |
| 对证命名 | 對證命名 | duìzhèngmìngmíng | - confrontation naming |
| 工业革命 | 工業革命 | GōngyèGémìng | - Industrial Revolution, c. 1750-1830 |
| 平均寿命 | 平均壽命 | píngjūnshòumìng | - life expectancy |
| 性命攸关 | 性命攸關 | xìngmìngyōuguān | - vitally important - a matter of life and death |
| 性质命题 | 性質命題 | xìngzhìmìngtí | - categorical proposition (logic) |
| 惟命是听 | 惟命是聽 | wéimìngshìtīng | - see 唯命是從|唯命是从[wei2 ming4 shi4 cong2] |
| 爱之如命 | 愛之如命 | àizhīrúmìng | - inordinately fond of sth - lit. to love it as one's life |
| 爱财如命 | 愛財如命 | àicáirúmìng | - lit. to love money as much as one's own life (idiom) - fig. avaricious - tightfisted |
| 应急待命 | 應急待命 | yīngjídàimìng | - emergency standby |
| 拼命三郎 | 拼命三郎 | pīnmìngsānláng | - brave man, willing to risk his life |
| 拼命讨好 | 拼命討好 | pīnmìngtǎohǎo | - to throw oneself at sb or sth - to bend over backwards to help |
| 敢不从命 | 敢不從命 | gǎnbùcóngmìng | - to not dare to disobey an order (idiom) |
| 时乖命蹇 | 時乖命蹇 | shíguāimìngjiǎn | - bad times, adverse fate (idiom) |
| 乐天知命 | 樂天知命 | lètiānzhīmìng | - to be content with what one is |
| 死于非命 | 死於非命 | sǐyúfēimìng | - violent death (idiom); to die in a disaster - an unnatural death |
| 民主革命 | 民主革命 | mínzhǔgémìng | - democratic revolution - bourgeois revolution (in Marx-Leninist theory, a prelude to the proletarian revolution) |
| 法国革命 | 法國革命 | FǎguóGémìng | - French Revolution (1789) |
| 汤武革命 | 湯武革命 | TāngWǔGémìng | - the Tang and Wu Revolts: the overthrow (c. 1600 BC) of the Xia Dynasty by the first king, Tang 商湯|商汤[Shang1 Tang1], of the Shang Dynasty, and the overthrow (c. 1046 BC) of the Shang Dynasty by the Zhou Dynasty founder, King Wu 周武王[Zhou1 Wu3 wang2] |
| 生命吠陀 | 生命吠陀 | shēngmìngfèituó | - Ayurveda (ancient Indian system and health care philosophy) - also written 阿育吠陀[a1 yu4 fei4 tuo2] |
| 生命征象 | 生命徵象 | shēngmìngzhēngxiàng | - vital signs |
| 生命科学 | 生命科學 | shēngmìngkēxué | - life sciences |
| 生命迹象 | 生命跡象 | shēngmìngjìxiàng | - sign of life |
| 生命周期 | 生命週期 | shēngmìngzhōuqī | - life cycle |
| 疲于奔命 | 疲於奔命 | píyúbēnmìng | - lit. tired of constantly running for one's life (idiom); terribly busy - up to one's ears in work |
| 直言命题 | 直言命題 | zhíyánmìngtí | - categorical proposition (logic) |
| 相依为命 | 相依為命 | xiāngyīwéimìng | - mutually dependent for life (idiom); to rely upon one another for survival - interdependent |
| 碍难从命 | 礙難從命 | àináncóngmìng | - difficult to obey orders (idiom); much to my embarrassment, I am unable to comply |
| 算命先生 | 算命先生 | suànmìngxiānsheng | - fortune-teller |
| 红颜薄命 | 紅顏薄命 | hóngyánbómìng | - beautiful women suffer unhappy fates (idiom) |
| 耳提面命 | 耳提面命 | ěrtímiànmìng | - to give sincere advice (idiom) - to exhort earnestly |
| 听天安命 | 聽天安命 | tīngtiānānmìng | - to accept one's situation as dictated by heaven (idiom) |
| 听天由命 | 聽天由命 | tīngtiānyóumìng | - to submit to the will of heaven - to resign oneself to fate - to trust to luck |
| 临危授命 | 臨危授命 | línwēishòumìng | - to sacrifice one's life in a crisis |
| 自命不凡 | 自命不凡 | zìmìngbùfán | - to think too much of oneself - self-important - arrogant |
| 自命清高 | 自命清高 | zìmìngqīnggāo | - to think of oneself as high and pure (idiom); smug and self-righteous - holier-than-thou |
| 草菅人命 | 草菅人命 | cǎojiānrénmìng | - human life as grass (idiom); to kill people like scything grass - a politician acting with total disregard for the life of his countrymen |
| 行政命令 | 行政命令 | xíngzhèngmìnglìng | - executive order |
| 谋财害命 | 謀財害命 | móucáihàimìng | - to plot and kill sb for his property (idiom); to murder for money |
| 辛亥革命 | 辛亥革命 | XīnhàiGémìng | - Xinhai Revolution (1911), which ended the Qing Dynasty |
| 长命富贵 | 長命富貴 | chángmìngfùguì | - We wish you long life and riches! (idiom, conventional greeting) |
| 随时待命 | 隨時待命 | suíshídàimìng | - on call - always available - ready at all times |
| 革命先烈 | 革命先烈 | gémìngxiānliè | - martyr to the revolution |
| 革命烈士 | 革命烈士 | gémìnglièshì | - martyr of the revolution |
| 革命卫队 | 革命衛隊 | gémìngwèiduì | - revolutionary guard |
| 以人名命名 | 以人名命名 | yǐrénmíngmìngmíng | - to name sth after a person - named after - eponymous |
| 冒生命危险 | 冒生命危險 | màoshēngmìngwēixiǎn | - to risk one's life |
| 反革命宣传 | 反革命宣傳 | fǎngémìngxuānchuán | - counter-revolutionary propaganda |
| 反革命政变 | 反革命政變 | fǎngémìngzhèngbiàn | - an anti-revolutionary coup |
| 反革命案件 | 反革命案件 | fǎngémìngànjiàn | - counterrevolutionary case (law) |
| 国民革命军 | 國民革命軍 | GuómínGémìngjūn | - National Revolutionary Army |
| 数字命理学 | 數字命理學 | shùzìmìnglǐxué | - numerology |
| 文化大革命 | 文化大革命 | WénhuàDàgémìng | - Cultural Revolution (1966-1976) |
| 法国大革命 | 法國大革命 | FǎguóDàgémìng | - French Revolution (1789-1799) |
| 生命多样性 | 生命多樣性 | shēngmìngduōyàngxìng | - biodiversity |
| 冒着生命危险 | 冒著生命危險 | màozheshēngmìngwēixiǎn | - at the risk of one's life |
| 恭敬不如从命 | 恭敬不如從命 | gōngjìngbùrúcóngmìng | - deference is no substitute for obedience (idiom); to follow sb's precepts is the sincerest form of respect |
| 生命在于运动 | 生命在於運動 | shēngmìngzàiyúyùndòng | - life is motion (popular saying with many possible interpretations) - Physical effort is vital for our bodies to function (Aristotle). - Life derives from physical exercise. |
| 甲基安非他命 | 甲基安非他命 | jiǎjīānfēitāmìng | - methamphetamine |
| 资产阶级革命 | 資產階級革命 | zīchǎnjiējígémìng | - bourgeois revolution (in Marx-Leninist theory, a prelude to the proletarian revolution) |
| 八宝山革命公墓 | 八寶山革命公墓 | BābǎoShānGémìngGōngmù | - Mt Babao Revolutionary Cemetery in Haidian district of Beijing |
| 新民主主义革命 | 新民主主義革命 | XīnMínzhǔzhǔyìGémìng | - New Democracy Revolution |
| 肃清反革命分子 | 肅清反革命份子 | sùqīngfǎngémìngfènzǐ | - purge of counter-revolutionaries (esp. Stalin's purges of the 1930 and Mao's purges 1955-57) - abbr. to 肅反|肃反 |
| 旧民主主义革命 | 舊民主主義革命 | jiùmínzhǔzhǔyìgémìng | - old democratic revolution - bourgeois revolution (in Marx-Leninist theory, a prelude to the proletarian revolution) |
| 反革命宣传煽动罪 | 反革命宣傳煽動罪 | fǎngémìngxuānchuánshāndòngzuì | - the crime of instigating counter-revolutionary propaganda |
| 四一二反革命政变 | 四一二反革命政變 | sìyīèrfǎngémìngzhèngbiàn | - counterrevolutionary coup of 12th April 1927, Chiang Kai-shek's coup against the communists in Shanghai |
| 寒武纪生命大爆发 | 寒武紀生命大爆發 | Hánwǔjìshēngmìngdàbàofā | - the Cambrian explosion |
| 生命不息，战斗不止 | 生命不息，戰鬥不止 | shēngmìngbùxī,zhàndòubùzhǐ | - while there is life, the fight continues (idiom); to fight to the last |
| 中国国民党革命委员会 | 中國國民黨革命委員會 | ZhōngguóGuómíndǎngGémìngWěiyuánhuì | - Revolutionary Committee of the Kuomintang |
| 救人一命胜造七级浮屠 | 救人一命勝造七級浮屠 | jiùrényīmìngshèngzàoqījífútú | - saving a life is more meritorious than building a seven-floor pagoda (idiom) |
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