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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
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to stop; prohibit; till
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Etymology
令則行，禁則止。憲之所及，俗之所被，如百體之從心，政之所期也。
令则行，禁则止。宪之所及，俗之所被，如百体之从心，政之所期也。 - 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
- to carry out orders and proclaim prohibitions; to abide by orders