What does it mean in Chinese?

What does 使命 mean?

使命 shǐmìng

mission; calling

Its characters

  1. 使 shǐ to make
  2. 命 mìng life (as in 生命)

In a sentence

救治病人是医生的使命。 Treating patients is a doctor's mission.

跟随他的有一百多个人,他们带着汉武帝交给的使命:找到远在西边的大月氏,说服他们和汉朝联手,一起对付北方的匈奴。

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