{"path":"/entry/1209","title":"三令五申 (sān lìng wǔ shēn) — Chinese Dictionary | Flashbao","description":"三令五申 (sān lìng wǔ shēn): to order again and again (idiom). Explore meanings, example sentences and vocabulary decks.","catalog":null,"deck":null,"entry":{"reading":{"id":1209,"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["三令五申"],"TRADITIONAL":["三令五申"]}},"phonetic":"sān lìng wǔ shēn","phoneticKey":"san1 ling4 wu3 shen1","meanings":{"primary":[{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"to order again and again ","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]},{"dim":true,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"(idiom)","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]}],"additional":[],"notes":[],"variantMeanings":[]},"classifiers":[],"pos":["VERB"],"frequency":null,"grammar":[],"spokenPhonetic":null},"otherReadings":[],"examples":[],"carriedReadings":[],"constructions":[],"status":null,"due":null,"reps":null,"lapses":null,"lastReview":null,"senses":[],"origins":[{"literal":null,"content":[{"type":"paragraph","text":{"simplified":"From Shiji, Vol. LXV (《史記·孫武列傳》)","traditional":null}}],"examples":[{"text":{"simplified":"约束既布，乃设𫓧钺，即三令五申之。于是鼓之右，妇人大笑。孙子曰：“约束不明，申令不熟，将之罪也。”复三令五申而鼓之左，妇人复大笑。","traditional":"約束既布，乃設鈇鉞，即三令五申之。於是鼓之右，婦人大笑。孫子曰：“約束不明，申令不熟，將之罪也。”復三令五申而鼓之左，婦人復大笑。"},"phonetic":"Yuēshù jì bù, nǎi shè fū yuè, jí sān lìng wǔ shēn zhī. Yúshì gǔ zhī yòu, fùrén dàxiào. Sūnzǐ yuē: “Yuēshù bùmíng, shēnlìng bùshú, jiàng zhī zuì yě.” Fù sān lìng wǔ shēn ér gǔ zhī zuǒ, fùrén fù dàxiào.","english":"Only after these rules had been laid down, did he have [executioners’] swords and axes made ready and repeat his instructions a third and order “Turn right!” A few women burst out laughing. Sun Tzu said, “If the rules are not clear and orders are not understood, the commander is to blame.” Once more he repeated his instructions a fourth or a fifth time, then beat drums and gave the order for a left turn, yet once more a few women burst out laughing.","ref":"The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE"}],"senseScoped":false}],"decks":[{"id":27,"sourceName":"Chengyu","name":"Chengyu"}],"vocabularyScale":null,"vocabularyLevel":null}}