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令 lìng

lìng verb to make; to cause to be; to lead
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In this sense 令 is synonymous with 使 or 让. In Literary Chinese 令 can be used as a transitory verb with two arguments in a pivot construction. This has the pattern A 令 B C, where A leads B to do C (Guoyu '令' v 2; Kroll 2015 '令' 7; Pulleyblank 1995, pp. 40-41; Unihan '令').
lìng noun to issue a command
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '令' v 1; Kroll 2015 '令' 1)
lìng verb rules of behavior; customs
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: For example, 辞令 polite speech (Kroll 2015 '令' 6a)
lìng noun an order; a command; an edict; a decree; a statute
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In this sense 令 is synonymous with 命令 or 法令 (Guoyu '令' n 1; Kroll 2015 '令' 6; Unihan '令').
lìng noun a season
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In this sense 令 is synonymous with 时令 or 季节 (Guoyu '令' n 2; Kroll 2015 '令' 4).
lìng noun respected; good reputation
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '令' adj 2; Kroll 2015 '令' 3a)
lìng adjective good
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In this sense 令 is synonymous with 美善 (Guoyu '令' adj 1).
lìng adjective pretentious
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '令' 3b)
lìng noun a transcending state of existence
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '令' 7)
lìng noun a commander
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: For example, 县令 'county magistrate' (Kroll 2015 '令' 2)
lìng noun a commanding quality; an impressive character
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '令' 3)
lìng noun lyrics
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 小令 xiaoling - a particular form of verse (Guoyu '令' n 3)
lìng proper noun Ling
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (Guoyu '令' n 4)
lìng noun instruction by a teacher; adhīṣṭa
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: adhīṣṭa (BCSD '令', p. 97; MW 'adhīṣṭa')

Contained in

令众生(令眾生) lead sentient beings
令诸饿鬼解脱苦身(令諸餓鬼解脫苦身) lead hungry ghosts to be released from suffering of their bodies
从爱故而令复有乐性(從愛故而令復有樂性) the craving that makes for further becoming

Also contained in

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Truncated for common words

Scroll 1 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 302
Scroll 18 Avataṃsakasūtra (Flower Garland Sūtra) 大方廣佛華嚴經 — count: 277
Scroll 5 Jin Guang Ming Zui Sheng Wang Jing Shu 金光明最勝王經疏 — count: 266
Scroll 17 Avataṃsakasūtra (Flower Garland Sūtra) 大方廣佛華嚴經 — count: 254
Scroll 3 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 243
Scroll 1 Si Fen Lu Shan Fan Bu Que Xingshi Chao 四分律刪繁補闕行事鈔 — count: 239
Scroll 3 Si Fen Lu Shan Fan Bu Que Xingshi Chao 四分律刪繁補闕行事鈔 — count: 237
Scroll 16 Avataṃsakasūtra (Flower Garland Sūtra) 大方廣佛華嚴經 — count: 222
Scroll 19 Avataṃsakasūtra (Flower Garland Sūtra) 大方廣佛華嚴經 — count: 208
Scroll 3 Jin Guang Ming Zui Sheng Wang Jing Shu 金光明最勝王經疏 — count: 206

Collocations

水令 (水令) 吹水令動 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 21 — count: 9
令动 (令動) 吹水令動 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 21 — count: 9
令法 (令法) 令法增長 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 2 — count: 7
令说 (令說) 令說七覺意 — Nirvāṇa Sūtra 般泥洹經, Scroll 2 — count: 5
勅令 (勅令) 普勅令集講堂 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 3 — count: 4
令六 (令六) 令六萬二千苾芻往詣諸方 — Vipaśyin Buddha Sūtra 毘婆尸佛經, Scroll 2 — count: 3
令净 (令淨) 吹地令淨 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 20 — count: 3
令国内 (令國内) 無令國內有非法行 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 3 — count: 3
令致 (令致) 令致得是處 — Nirvāṇa Sūtra 佛般泥洹經, Scroll 2 — count: 3
地令 (地令) 吹地令淨 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 20 — count: 3