下命 [－－]

Jyutping haa6 meng6
Pinyin xià mìng

Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb
    to go all out; to do one's utmost; to spare no effort
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    我觉得我没有下命令。
    我覺得我沒有下命令。
    wǒ jué de wǒ méi yǒu xià mìng lìng 。
    • I don't think I ordered that.
    • I don't think that I ordered that.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    党中央办事，总是同地方商量，不同地方商量从来不冒下命令。
    黨中央辦事，總是同地方商量，不同地方商量從來不冒下命令。
    dǎng zhōng yāng bàn shì ， zǒng shì tóng dì fāng shāng liang ， bù tóng dì fāng shāng liang cóng lái bù mào xià mìng lìng ．
    • It is the practice of the Central Committee of the Party to consult the local authorities on the matters to be taken up; it never hastily issues orders without prior consultation.
  2. Mandarin
    农会下命令缴烟枪，不敢稍违抗不缴。醴陵一个劣绅不缴烟枪，被捉去游乡。
    農會下命令繳煙槍，不敢稍違抗不繳。醴陵一個劣紳不繳煙槍，被捉去遊鄉。
    nóng huì xià mìng lìng jiǎo yān qiāng ， bù gǎn shāo wéi kàng bù jiǎo ． lǐ líng yī ge liè shēn bù jiǎo yān qiāng ， bèi zhuō qù yóu xiāng ．
    • When the peasant association orders the surrender of opium pipes, no one dares to raise the least objection. In Liling County one of the evil gentry who did not surrender his pipes was arrested and paraded through the villages.