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三令五申

Mandarin · pinyin sān lìng wǔ shēn

Meanings

  1. to order again and again (idiom)
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三
sān · three
令
lìng · command, order; 'commandant', magistrate; allow, cause
五
wǔ · five; surname
申
shēn · to state to a superior, report; extend; ninth earthly branch
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1–4–3–1 · san1 ling4 wu3 shen1

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verb

  1. to repeatedly order, instruct, admonish or warn

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