令行禁止

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Chinese

make or cause to be; order; command
make or cause to be; order; command; decree; honourable
 
to go; to do; capable
to go; to do; capable; all right; competent; OK; to travel; temporary; to walk; will do; behaviour; conduct; a row; profession; professional
 
to prohibit; to forbid; endure to stop; prohibit; till
trad. (令行禁止)
simp. #(令行禁止)

Etymology

所及百體 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
所及百体 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
From: Guanzi, 5th century BCE to 220 CE
Lìng zé xíng, jìn zé zhǐ. Xiàn zhī suǒjí, sú zhī suǒ bèi, rú bǎitǐ zhī cóng xīn, zhèng zhī suǒ qī yě.
If there is an order, carry it out. If there is a prohibition on something, stop doing it. Wherever the laws and customs reach should just like how one's organs follow their heart, which is what politicians expect.

Pronunciation


Idiom

令行禁止

  1. to carry out orders and proclaim prohibitions; to abide by orders