行政命令

Mandarin · pinyin xíng zhèng mìng lìng

Meanings

  1. executive order
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行
xíng · go; walk; move, travel; circulate; Kangxi radical 144
政
zhèng · government, political affairs
命
mìng · life; destiny, fate, luck; an order, instruction
令
lìng · command, order; 'commandant', magistrate; allow, cause
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2–4–4–4 · xing2 zheng4 ming4 ling4

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hang4 zing3 ming6 ling6

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noun

  1. (law) executive order

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