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受
命
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Jyutping
sau6 ming6
Pinyin
shòu mìng
Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
ordained or appointed to a post
to benefit from counsel
Definitions (Wiktionary)
verb, archaic
to receive a mandate (from heaven, etc.)
verb, literary
to receive an order (from one's king, etc.)
(syn.) 禀命, 稟命
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
Cantonese
接受命运嘅安排
接受命運嘅安排
zip3 sau6 ming6 wan6 ge3 on1 paai4
to accept fate's arrangement
Cantonese
不甘受命运摆布
不甘受命運擺佈
bat1 gam1 sau6 ming6 wan6 baai2 bou3
not to resign oneself to fate
Cantonese
接受命运
接受命運
to accept the fate