令行禁止

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Chinese

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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 to stop; prohibit; till
trad. (令行禁止) 令 行 禁 止
simp. #(令行禁止) 令 行 禁 止

Etymology

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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。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
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。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
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. [Pinyin]
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 [accept and abide by them,] just like how one's organs follow their heart, which is what politicians expect.

Pronunciation

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Idiom

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令行禁止

  1. to carry out orders and proclaim prohibitions; to abide by orders
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