三令五申

Every meaning

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• 成语“三令五申”，就和这个故事有关。

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Its characters

• 三sānthree
• 令lìngto make; to cause (as in 令人感动)
• 五wǔfive
• 申shēnto state; to express (as in 申请, 申明)

Words with 三

• 再三zàisānover and over again
• 三角sānjiǎotriangle
• 三维sānwéithree-dimensional
• 丢三落四diūsān-làsìscatterbrained
• 接二连三jiē’èr-liánsānone after another
• 举一反三jǔyì-fǎnsānto infer many things from one example
• 三番五次sānfān-wǔcìagain and again
• 朝三暮四zhāosān-mùsìfickle

Words with 令

• 命令mìnglìngorder
• 夏令营xiàlìngyíngsummer camp
• 口令kǒulìngpassword
• 司令sīlìngcommander
• 下令xiàlìngto give an order
• 指令zhǐlìnginstruction
• 令人发指lìngrén-fàzhǐoutrageous
• 令行禁止lìngxíng-jìnzhǐstrict enforcement of orders