令
to order / to command / an order / warrant / writ / to cause / to make sth happen / virtuous / honorific title / season / government position (old) / type of short song or poem
令
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今
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㇏
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Li Qingzhao has been sent by the emperor to collect rent from the English, but they are nowhere to be found. Finally, Li Qingzhao arrived at the engine's bathroom, ready to show her 令牌, raise the finger and show to the date of payday on the calendar—if there were anyone in the engine's bathroom.
令 character breakdown
now / the present time / current / contemporary / this (day, year etc)
Characters with 令 as component
(small) bell / CL:隻|只[zhi1]
铃
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令
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钅
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Li Qingzhao (li) is living next to engine, and her neighbors installed some very annoying little bells (铃) next to their entrance ((e)ng2). As a consequence she got an official decree by the emperor and a Ling Pai (令) that allows her to have them remove the bells, but as she visits the engine home no-one is there. Short-tempered she just uses her golden harpoon (钅) to take off the little annoying bells (铃).
(onom.) ting-a-ling (in compounds such as 玎玲 or 玲瓏|玲珑) / tinkling of gem-pendants
玲
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令
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王
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As Li Qingzhao (li) is exiting engine's kitchen ((e)ng2) she is stopped by Martin Luther King (王) who noticed a strange ting-a-ling sound (玲) from Qingzhao's backpack. Qingzhao denies him to have a look in her backpack, but as Martin shows her his Ling Pai (令) she will have no choice but to comply.
Words with 令
to make one's hair stand up in anger (idiom); to raise people's hackles
lit. one general, one order (idiom) / fig. every boss has their own rules / everyone has their own way of doing things
to ask sb to leave / to show sb the door / to give a tenant notice to leave