发号施令 meaning in English

fāhàoshīlìng

to boss people around (idiom)

Traditional 發號施令24 strokes

Meaning of 发号施令

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

fāhàoshīlìng
  1. to boss people around (idiom)

发号施令 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

萨sà米mǐ对duì莱lái拉lā大dà声shēng发fā号hào施shī令lìng。
Sami barked orders at Layla.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

发 fā · to send out · 5 strokes

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号 hào · to call out · 5 strokes

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施 shī · to grant · 9 strokes

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令 lìng · to order · 5 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 发号施令.

发现fāxiànto notice; to become aware of; to discover; to find; to detect
出发chūfāto set off; to start (on a journey); (fig.) to proceed from (a particular standpoint or ba
头发tóufahair (on the head)
信号xìnhàosignal
发生fāshēngto happen; to occur; to take place; to arise (e.g. 發生問題|发生问题[fa1 sheng1 wen4 ti2] "a probl
发展fāzhǎndevelopment; growth
发出fāchūto issue (an order, decree etc); to send out; to dispatch; to produce (a sound); to let ou
发明fāmíngto invent; an invention
沙发shāfā(loanword) sofa (CL:條|条[tiao2],張|张[zhang1]); (Internet slang) first reply to a forum post
发表fābiǎoto issue; to publish
发动fādòngto start; to launch
发送fāsòngto transmit; to dispatch

Questions about 发号施令

What does 发号施令 mean?

发号施令 (fāhàoshīlìng) means "to boss people around (idiom)".

How do you write 发号施令?

发号施令 is made of 4 characters: 发 (5 strokes), 号 (5 strokes), 施 (9 strokes), 令 (5 strokes). That is 24 strokes in total.

How is 发号施令 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 发号施令 is written 發號施令.