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發號施令

/fä⁵⁵ xɑʊ̯⁵¹ ʂɻ̩⁵⁵ liŋ⁵¹/
to issue orders
  • 发号施令
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The phrase's origins involve the imagery of launching signals through fluttering flags and the powerful presence of a tiger.
The phrase's origins involve the imagery of launching signals through fluttering flags and the powerful presence of a tiger.

Origin

The phrase 發號施令 is composed of four characters. The character 發 means to shoot or to launch. The character 號 means name or alias; it contains the semantic component 虎 (tiger) and the phonetic component 号 (to wail). The character 施 means flag fluttering or flag waving, formed with the semantic component 㫃 (appearance of flags flying) and the phonetic component 也.

The final character, 令, means to order or to command. It is composed of the components 亼 (mouth) and 卩 (kneeling person). The component 亼 is itself formed from 入 (to enter; to go into) and 一 (one). The phonetic component of 號, 号, is composed of 口 (mouth) and 丂 (the appearance of air which is to be released), where 丂 is formed from 𠃑 and 一.

Confidence: high · written by gemma4:26b, checked statement-by-statement against the sources below.

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  • characterChinese發 “to shoot; to launch”
  • characterChinese號 “name; alias”
    • soundChinese号 “to wail”
      • ideaChinese口 “mouth, especially the lips and internal mouth cavity (Classifier: 把 c)”
      • ideaChinese丂 “the appearance of air which is to be released”
        • componentChinese𠃑
        • componentChinese一 “one”
    • meaningChinese虎 “tiger (Classifier: 隻／只 mn)”
  • characterChinese施 “flag fluttering; flag waving”
    • meaningChinese㫃 “appearance of flags flying”
    • soundChinese也 “Particle used at the end of copular constructions involving a nominal predicate; to be (although no…”
  • characterChinese令 “to order; to command”
    • ideaChinese亼 “mouth”
      • ideaChinese入 “to enter; to go into”
    • ideaChinese卩 “kneeling person”
Wiktionary etymology text

First attested in the 2nd century BCE in Huainanzi

From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Meanings

phrase
  1. to issue orders
  2. to boss people around

國語辭典 definitions

  1. 發布指示、命令。 例：這個企劃案由他負責統籌並發號施令。

© Ministry of Education, Taiwan — CC BY-ND 3.0 TW, shown unaltered.

Sources

  • etymagent (local gemma4:26b) — Generated
  • 教育部《國語辭典簡編本》 (Taiwan MOE) — CC BY-ND 3.0 TW
  • Written form — n/a
  • Wiktionary (via Wiktextract / kaikki.org) — CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Wiktionary: 發號施令