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令人

Mandarin · pinyin lìng rén

to cause one (to do sth)
to make one (angry, delighted etc)

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令: lìng · command, order; 'commandant', magistrate; allow, cause
人: rén · man; people; mankind; someone else

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4–2 · ling4 ren2

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noun

good person; kindhearted person
bailiff of feudal yamen
(historical) title given to a noblewoman (命婦／命妇)

verb

to make one; to cause people (put before a noun or adjective to create a description); to set people (to do something)
to send someone

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